Topic summary
⁠71%1 analyzed article/video242 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Board Appointments results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 16.7% saturation with 162 hits. Analysis detected 881 faulty-reasoning hits from 968 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7% and a BS Rank of ⁠90% (2,352 of 22,948 topics). This Board Appointments is worse (more manipulative) than 89.80% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 968
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

90% percentile
025507510089.8% percentile
7.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles968 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 6.0%6.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 16.7%16.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 16.3%16.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.5%9.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.6%3.6%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 5.7%5.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 12.8%12.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%

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 6.0%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 6.0%Halo Effect: Topic 16.3%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Circular Reasoning: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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