Topic summary
⁠69%4 analyzed articles/videos1,499 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Weapons results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Pessimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.2% saturation with 1,629 hits. Analysis detected 11,367 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,723 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠40% (9,958 of 16,562 topics). This Weapons is better (less manipulative) than 60.10% of the peer group.
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

40% percentile
025507510039.9% percentile
2.5% BS Score4 analyzed articles10.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 7.0%7.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.6%7.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 6.4%6.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.2%15.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.0%4.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.5%2.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 1.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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