Topic summary
⁠24%3 analyzed articles/videos7,167 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal History results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 6.2% saturation with 1,778 hits. Analysis detected 15,463 faulty-reasoning hits from 28,668 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠8% (20,917 of 22,657 topics). This Legal History is better (less manipulative) than 92.30% of the peer group.
Legal History
Topic details
Total words: 28,668
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

8% percentile
02550751007.7% percentile
1.2% BS Score3 analyzed articles28.7K 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 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.1%6.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.2%0.2%

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 2.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos