Author summary
32% 1 analyzed article/video 1,335 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alex Thurston results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Pessimism Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.8% saturation with 362 hits . Analysis detected 2,873 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,340 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 35% (5,410 of 8,291 authors). This Alex Thurston is better (less manipulative) than 65.20% of the peer group. Alex Thurston
Author details
Total words: 5,340
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
35% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 34.8% percentile 1.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.3K 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 4.4% 4.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.0% 3.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.8% 6.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.6% 3.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.8% 2.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.5% 0.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.0% 2.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.8% 1.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.8% 1.8% 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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 4.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.1% Ad Hominem: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst