Topic summary
⁠31%6 analyzed articles/videos6,015 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Exoplanets results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Overconfidence Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 7.2% saturation with 1,726 hits. Analysis detected 13,966 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,060 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (20,463 of 22,765 topics). This Exoplanets is better (less manipulative) than 89.90% of the peer group.
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
025507510010.1% percentile
1.3% BS Score6 analyzed articles24.1K 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 1.8%1.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.8%4.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%

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 1.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos