Topic summary
61%7 analyzed articles/videos5,452 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cosmology results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Halo Effect, and Framing Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 16.8% saturation with 4,139 hits. Analysis detected 15,790 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,590 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 39% (15,092 of 24,545 topics). This Cosmology is better (less manipulative) than 61.50% of the peer group.
Cosmology
Topic details
Total words: 24,590
Article count: 7
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

39% percentile
025507510038.5% percentile
2.0% BS Score7 analyzed articles24.6K 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 3.3%3.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 16.8%16.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.8%1.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.1%0.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%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 3.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 19.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 16.8%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate