Topic summary
⁠85%4 analyzed articles/videos3,741 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Extraterrestrial Life results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 11.7% saturation with 1,585 hits. Analysis detected 11,945 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,519 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (13,140 of 22,395 topics). This Extraterrestrial Life is better (less manipulative) than 58.70% of the peer group.
Extraterrestrial Life

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

41% percentile
025507510041.3% percentile
2.2% BS Score4 analyzed articles13.5K 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 4.4%4.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.6%3.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.8%3.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.9%2.9%

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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4%Indoctrination: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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