Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 293 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Aaron McNicholas results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic , Anchoring Bias , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17% saturation with 199 hits . Analysis detected 1,138 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,172 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.5% and a BS Rank of 89% (724 of 6,357 authors). This Aaron McNicholas is worse (more manipulative) than 88.60% of the peer group. Aaron McNicholas
Author details
Total words: 1,172
Article count: 1
Publications
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89% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 88.6% percentile 6.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 10.2% 10.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.9% 2.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 10.5% 10.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.7% 3.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.7% 1.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 12.5% 12.5% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 6.3% 6.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 17.0% 17.0% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Author 2.6% 2.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 2.6% 2.6% 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: Author 10.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 17.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.9%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 12.5%, sitewide 9.1% Appeal to Authority: Author 9.4%, sitewide 11.1% Anchoring Bias: Author 10.5%, sitewide 4.0% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 7.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 6.3%, sitewide 3.3% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.7%, sitewide 5.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 3.1% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 4.6% Burden of Proof: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.4% Status Quo Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst