Topic summary
⁠30%1 analyzed article/video211 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Closures results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Biased Writer Voice, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 8.3% saturation with 70 hits. Analysis detected 373 faulty-reasoning hits from 844 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠65% (7,943 of 22,261 topics). This Closures is worse (more manipulative) than 64.30% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 844
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

64% percentile
025507510064.3% percentile
3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles844 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 2.1%2.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 5.0%5.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.1%7.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.7%1.7%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Topic 3.1%3.1%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 0.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.5%Red Herring: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos