Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video792 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Word Of The Week results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Anecdotal, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 289 hits. Analysis detected 1,741 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,168 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠30% (10,827 of 15,399 topics). This Word Of The Week is better (less manipulative) than 70.30% of the peer group.
Word Of The Week
Topic details
Total words: 3,168
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

30% percentile
025507510029.7% percentile
2.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.7%7.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.7%3.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.9%1.9%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.4%Bandwagon: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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