Topic summary
⁠18%1 analyzed article/video647 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Floodplains results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Optimism Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Representativeness Heuristic as the most egregious example at 6% saturation with 155 hits. Analysis detected 1,076 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,588 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠30% (15,681 of 22,343 topics). This Floodplains is better (less manipulative) than 70.20% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,588
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

30% percentile
025507510029.8% percentile
1.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.6K 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 0.2%0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.5%2.5%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 6.0%6.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.3%4.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%

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 0.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 6.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Circular Reasoning: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Nature: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.2%Special Pleading: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.3%Composition/Division: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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