Topic summary
⁠1%3 analyzed articles/videos114 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Decision results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Appeal to Authority, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 1.4% saturation with 59 hits. Analysis detected 222 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,262 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠2% (22,698 of 22,944 topics). This Decision is better (less manipulative) than 98.90% of the peer group.
Decision
Topic details
Total words: 4,262
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

1% percentile
02550751001.1% percentile
0.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.4%1.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 0.9%0.9%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 0.3%0.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.3%Indoctrination: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.5%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos