Topic summary
⁠39%5 analyzed articles/videos3,177 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Personal Advice results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Hasty Generalization, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 14.8% saturation with 2,206 hits. Analysis detected 8,329 faulty-reasoning hits from 14,940 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (21,493 of 23,918 topics). This Personal Advice is better (less manipulative) than 89.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
025507510010.1% percentile
1.2% BS Score5 analyzed articles14.9K 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 2.6%2.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.4%4.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 14.8%14.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%

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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Indoctrination: Topic 14.8%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos