Author summary
60% 3 analyzed articles/videos 826 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alex Abad-Santos results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Emotion , and Negativity Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 1,708 hits . Analysis detected 13,753 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,086 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 31% (4,288 of 6,218 authors). This Alex Abad-Santos is better (less manipulative) than 69.00% of the peer group. Alex Abad-Santos
Author details
Total words: 15,086
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
31% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 31.0% percentile 2.0% BS Score3 analyzed articles15.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.5% 1.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.4% 5.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.0% 1.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.8% 6.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 11.3% 11.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.2% 2.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.8% 4.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.9% 3.9% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 3.5% 3.5% 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 1.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.8%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.3%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.0%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.3%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.8%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 4.6%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 3.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.7% Indoctrination: Author 3.5%, sitewide 0.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst