Topic summary
⁠48%4 analyzed articles/videos337 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Weather Patterns results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Overconfidence Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 858 hits. Analysis detected 7,576 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,967 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠50% (8,280 of 16,562 topics). This Weather Patterns is worse (more manipulative) than 50.00% of the peer group.
Weather Patterns

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

50% percentile
025507510050.0% percentile
3.0% BS Score4 analyzed articles8K 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 5.4%5.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.5%6.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.8%10.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.9%5.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.9%3.9%

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 5.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 4.6%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 4.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos