Topic summary

⁠25%2 analyzed articles/videos2,636 analyzed words

BS Summary: These Software Engineering results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Biased Writer Voice, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 594 hits. Analysis detected 7,948 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,900 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠29% (9,844 of 13,721 topics). This Software Engineering is better (less manipulative) than 71.70% of the peer group.

Software Engineering

Topic ranking list

Percentile	Topic	BS Score
⁠0%	Holocaust	1%
⁠0%	Self-Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Self Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Oakland Culture	1%
⁠0%	Dive Bars	1%
⁠29%	Software Engineering (selected)	3%
⁠100%	Radio Roundup / Week In Review	60%
⁠100%	E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes	60%
⁠100%	E Bikes Rad Power Bikes	60%
⁠100%	The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell	69%
⁠100%	The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell	69%

Topic details

Total words: 8,900

Article count: 2

Authors

Nicholas Gordon

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Attribute Prevalence (Top 48)

Software Engineering attribute prevalence percentages (biases/fallacies), sorted highest to lowest.

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Software Engineering vs sitewide

Software Engineering attribute percentages, with an overlaid sitewide baseline for those same attributes.

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The Register⁠^37%7/18/2026, 1:30:00 PM

‘Devin-kun’: Japan embraces agents as legacy code and a shrinking workforce create a perfect market for an AI software engineer⁠^52%

Fortune⁠^55%By Nicholas Gordon⁠^0%7/3/2026, 9:00:00 PM