Topic summary
⁠31%3 analyzed articles/videos1,533 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sri Lanka results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Appeal to Authority, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.6% saturation with 517 hits. Analysis detected 3,813 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,778 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠26% (18,165 of 24,545 topics). This Sri Lanka is better (less manipulative) than 74.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

26% percentile
025507510026.0% percentile
1.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.8K 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 2.2%2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.6%7.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%

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 2.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos