Author summary
0%2 analyzed articles/videos1,406 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alfie Packham results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Availability Heuristic, and Hasty Generalization, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 6.9% saturation with 886 hits. Analysis detected 9,217 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,816 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 23% (4,759 of 6,170 authors). This Alfie Packham is better (less manipulative) than 77.10% of the peer group.
Alfie Packham
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
23%Alfie Packham (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 12,816
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

23% percentile
025507510022.9% percentile
1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles12.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 0.4%0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 4.0%4.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.8%4.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.7%1.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.5%2.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.7%0.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 5.8%5.8%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Author 0.3%0.3%

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 0.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 5.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 6.9%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.5%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 5.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate