Topic summary
46% 9 analyzed articles/videos 7,918 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Astrobiology results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Hasty Generalization , and Appeal to Emotion , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 2,527 hits . Analysis detected 20,945 faulty-reasoning hits from 31,672 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 18% (18,619 of 22,513 topics). This Astrobiology is better (less manipulative) than 82.70% of the peer group. Astrobiology
Topic details
Total words: 31,672
Article count: 9
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
17% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 17.3% percentile 1.5% BS Score9 analyzed articles31.7K 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 3.6% 3.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.9% 3.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.2% 5.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.4% 4.4% 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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1% Optimism Bias: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 6.0% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Indoctrination: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst