Topic summary
85% 4 analyzed articles/videos 3,187 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ransom Notes results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Confirmation Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 18.6% saturation with 2,216 hits . Analysis detected 12,032 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,925 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 59% (8,937 of 21,653 topics). This Ransom Notes is worse (more manipulative) than 58.70% of the peer group. Ransom Notes
Topic details
Total words: 11,925
Article count: 4
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
59% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 58.7% percentile 2.9% BS Score4 analyzed articles11.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 10.6% 10.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.6% 7.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 18.6% 18.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 12.1% 12.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 2.1% 2.1% 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 10.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Topic 18.6%, sitewide 11.1% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst