Topic summary
30%1 analyzed article/video1,186 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Haunted Places results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Availability Heuristic, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 527 hits. Analysis detected 2,265 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,744 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 21% (18,451 of 23,173 topics). This Haunted Places is better (less manipulative) than 79.60% of the peer group.
Haunted Places
Topic details
Total words: 4,744
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

20% percentile
025507510020.4% percentile
1.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.7K 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 2.0%2.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.4%0.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.1%0.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 9.2%9.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 11.1%11.1%

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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos