Topic summary
⁠17%1 analyzed article/video363 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sykes Hot Springs results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Halo Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 12.1% saturation with 175 hits. Analysis detected 684 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,452 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠58% (9,929 of 23,407 topics). This Sykes Hot Springs is worse (more manipulative) than 57.60% of the peer group.
Sykes Hot Springs
Topic details
Total words: 1,452
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

58% percentile
025507510057.6% percentile
2.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K 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 0.3%0.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.9%2.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.4%7.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.0%3.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.6%1.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.9%2.9%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 0.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.0%Indoctrination: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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