Topic summary
86%16 analyzed articles/videos9,193 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sustainability results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 8.1% saturation with 4,378 hits. Analysis detected 41,300 faulty-reasoning hits from 53,881 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 19% (19,426 of 23,812 topics). This Sustainability is better (less manipulative) than 81.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510018.4% percentile
1.5% BS Score16 analyzed articles53.9K 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 6.5%6.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.7%7.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.9%4.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.9%1.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Optimis…20%
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church hosts free community clothing swap in Bellville4%
Richland Source14%By Submitted90%8/8/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Anchori…23%Framing…6%Appeal …25%Hasty G…6%
Outside Lands Is Upon Us. Where Does All That Trash Go?16%
KQED78%By Ericka Cruz Guevarra84%8/7/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Got An Old Laptop Or Broken Phone? This West Side Nonprofit Will Give It New Life20%
Block Club Chicago26%By Michael Liptrot30%7/31/2026, 5:50:31 AM
Arlington plans to turn poop into consumer-grade fertilizer by 203141%
ARLnow.com9%By Dan Egitto26%7/31/2026, 5:30:16 AM
250 Eiffel Towers' worth of waste: The AI boom's toxic hardware problem11%
ZDNET68%By Erin Carson38%7/24/2026, 5:05:31 AM
In New Haven, landfill solar array soaks up the sun34%
CT Mirror34%By Laura Glesby39% New Haven Independent39%7/21/2026, 6:30:00 AM
Pope Leo XIV to award new sustainability medal from Villanova University created in his name26%
PhillyVoice42%By Michael Tanenbaum28%7/20/2026, 2:33:05 PM
EU lets wearables wriggle out of user-replaceable battery rules45%
The Register60%7/15/2026, 4:05:37 AM
This Oakland-Based Fashion Designer Tells Her Story Through Reclaimed Fabrics23%
KQED78%By Blanca Torres65%7/14/2026, 6:00:12 AM
Google’s AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 202566%
Ars Technica44%By Jeremy Hsu46%7/2/2026, 4:15:49 AM