Topic summary
⁠18%1 analyzed article/video341 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Village Council results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Status Quo Bias, and Bandwagon, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 12.6% saturation with 172 hits. Analysis detected 416 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,364 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠47% (11,951 of 22,479 topics). This Village Council is better (less manipulative) than 53.20% of the peer group.
Village Council
Topic details
Total words: 1,364
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

47% percentile
025507510046.8% percentile
2.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 12.6%12.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.9%0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.1%1.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 1.6%1.6%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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%Optimism Bias: Topic 12.6%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Bandwagon: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.5%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.3%Optimism BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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