Topic summary
⁠2%1 analyzed article/video889 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Water Trails results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Authority, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 3.4% saturation with 120 hits. Analysis detected 533 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,556 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (20,257 of 20,971 topics). This Water Trails is better (less manipulative) than 96.60% of the peer group.
Water Trails
Topic details
Total words: 3,556
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

3% percentile
02550751003.4% percentile
1.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.3%0.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.7%2.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.5%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.4%Circular Reasoning: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos