Topic summary
⁠18%1 analyzed article/video578 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Missing Persons Case results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, False Dilemma, and Representativeness Heuristic, with Pessimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 155 hits. Analysis detected 695 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,312 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (8,477 of 21,851 topics). This Missing Persons Case is worse (more manipulative) than 61.20% of the peer group.
Missing Persons Case
Topic details
Total words: 2,312
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

61% percentile
025507510061.2% percentile
3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.3K 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 4.8%4.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.7%2.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 6.7%6.7%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 4.3%4.3%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 0.8%0.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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 4.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos