Topic summary
30% 13 analyzed articles/videos 9,860 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Advice Column results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination , Hasty Generalization , and Fundamental Attribution Error , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.7% saturation with 2,159 hits . Analysis detected 16,720 faulty-reasoning hits from 37,747 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 3% (23,997 of 24,718 topics). This Advice Column is better (less manipulative) than 97.10% of the peer group. Advice Column
Topic details
Total words: 37,747
Article count: 13
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.9% percentile 0.9% BS Score13 analyzed articles37.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.7% 5.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Topic 4.1% 4.1% 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 0.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst