Author summary
⁠93%5 analyzed articles/videos5,682 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alain Stephens results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 23.8% saturation with 5,584 hits. Analysis detected 36,380 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,463 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠67% (2,228 of 6,628 authors). This Alain Stephens is worse (more manipulative) than 66.40% of the peer group.
Alain Stephens
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Jacob Owens1%
⁠1%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠67%Alain Stephens (selected)4%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 23,463
Article count: 5
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

66% percentile
025507510066.4% percentile
3.4% BS Score5 analyzed articles23.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 23.8%23.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 9.4%9.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 10.3%10.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.6%3.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 8.8%8.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 15.2%15.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.1%0.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.7%3.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.6%1.6%

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 9.4%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 23.8%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Author 20.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.8%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 15.2%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.6%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 10.3%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Pessimism Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 3.1%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Author 4.2%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.3%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Author 3.3%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate