Topic summary
56%8 analyzed articles/videos5,720 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Building Safety results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.1% saturation with 2,979 hits. Analysis detected 18,645 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,688 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 28% (16,045 of 22,261 topics). This Building Safety is better (less manipulative) than 72.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

28% percentile
025507510027.9% percentile
1.8% BS Score8 analyzed articles24.7K 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 3.5%3.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.1%12.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.1%5.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.2%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate