Topic summary
⁠94%2 analyzed articles/videos390 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hackers results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 17.8% saturation with 278 hits. Analysis detected 1,761 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,560 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠90% (2,564 of 24,218 topics). This Hackers is worse (more manipulative) than 89.40% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 1,560
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

89% percentile
025507510089.4% percentile
6.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles1.6K 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 8.4%8.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 16.6%16.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.1%12.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 17.8%17.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 6.5%6.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 10.1%10.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 10.6%10.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 7.0%7.0%

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 8.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 17.8%, sitewide 11.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 16.6%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 9.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.5%Circular Reasoning: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos