Topic summary
70%96 analyzed articles/videos47,643 analyzed words
BS Summary: These World results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.5% saturation with 27,009 hits. Analysis detected 226,923 faulty-reasoning hits from 235,158 analyzed words across 96 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 18% (13,045 of 15,755 topics). This World is better (less manipulative) than 82.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

17% percentile
025507510017.2% percentile
1.8% BS Score96 analyzed articles235.2K 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 10.9%10.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.4%6.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.5%11.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.4%5.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.3%3.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%

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 10.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate