Topic summary
⁠26%2 analyzed articles/videos1,428 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Disease results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Burden of Proof, and Hasty Generalization, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 7.2% saturation with 411 hits. Analysis detected 2,894 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,712 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠26% (18,275 of 24,439 topics). This Disease is better (less manipulative) than 74.80% of the peer group.
Disease
Topic details
Total words: 5,712
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

25% percentile
025507510025.2% percentile
1.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.7K 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 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.9%0.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.0%3.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Burden of Proof: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.7%Red Herring: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos