Topic summary
⁠43%1 analyzed article/video657 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Salt results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Confirmation Bias, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 9.7% saturation with 256 hits. Analysis detected 2,006 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,628 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (11,955 of 24,545 topics). This Salt is worse (more manipulative) than 51.30% of the peer group.
Salt
Topic details
Total words: 2,628
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

51% percentile
025507510051.3% percentile
2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.6K 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 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 9.7%9.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.9%6.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.7%2.7%

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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 3.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.4%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Special Pleading: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos