Topic summary
⁠46%2 analyzed articles/videos1,128 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Material Science results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Self-Serving Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 9.9% saturation with 445 hits. Analysis detected 3,093 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,512 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠56% (10,908 of 24,545 topics). This Material Science is worse (more manipulative) than 55.60% of the peer group.
Material Science
Topic details
Total words: 4,512
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

56% percentile
025507510055.6% percentile
2.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.5K 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 6.7%6.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.4%3.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 8.4%8.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.1%2.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 9.9%9.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%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 6.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 0.5%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 3.7%Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos