Topic summary
⁠79%1 analyzed article/video866 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Personal Loss results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Anecdotal, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 21.9% saturation with 759 hits. Analysis detected 3,203 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,464 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠71% (7,313 of 24,545 topics). This Personal Loss is worse (more manipulative) than 70.20% of the peer group.
Personal Loss
Topic details
Total words: 3,464
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

70% percentile
025507510070.2% percentile
3.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.5K 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 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 21.9%21.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.0%5.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 13.2%13.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.2%0.2%

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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9%Halo Effect: Topic 21.9%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 3.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.4%Recency Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.8%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.3%Indoctrination: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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