Topic summary
⁠69%1 analyzed article/video1,052 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mysteries results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Halo Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 23.4% saturation with 985 hits. Analysis detected 4,208 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,208 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠79% (4,851 of 22,833 topics). This Mysteries is worse (more manipulative) than 78.80% of the peer group.
Mysteries
Topic details
Total words: 4,208
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

79% percentile
025507510078.8% percentile
4.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.2K 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 3.0%3.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 23.4%23.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 17.6%17.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.3%2.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.3%8.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 11.0%11.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%

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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 23.4%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 19.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 17.6%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Bandwagon: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.8%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos