Topic summary
⁠38%1 analyzed article/video1,832 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Texts results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Indoctrination, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 14.6% saturation with 1,068 hits. Analysis detected 3,299 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,328 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠43% (14,054 of 24,545 topics). This Texts is better (less manipulative) than 57.30% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 7,328
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

43% percentile
025507510042.7% percentile
2.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles7.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.4%7.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.2%0.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.3%0.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.5%7.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.8%2.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.6%0.6%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Nature: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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