Topic summary
⁠97%2 analyzed articles/videos1,460 analyzed words
BS Summary: These California High Speed Rail results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18.9% saturation with 1,101 hits. Analysis detected 7,423 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,840 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠63% (8,479 of 22,411 topics). This California High Speed Rail is worse (more manipulative) than 62.20% of the peer group.
California High Speed Rail
Topic details
Total words: 5,840
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

62% percentile
025507510062.2% percentile
3.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.8K 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 5.7%5.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 12.4%12.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.8%9.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.8%5.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.0%2.0%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 5.9%5.9%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Topic 4.3%4.3%

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 5.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 18.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 12.4%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 1.9%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Hindsight Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos