Author summary
24% 1 analyzed article/video 957 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Angus M. Thuermer Jr. results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 213 hits . Analysis detected 1,742 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,871 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 48% (3,233 of 6,172 authors). This Angus M. Thuermer Jr. is better (less manipulative) than 52.40% of the peer group. Angus M. Thuermer Jr.
Author details
Total words: 2,871
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
48% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 47.6% percentile 2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 4.3% 4.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.4% 7.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.9% 6.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.8% 4.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.5% 0.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.3% 1.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.5% 3.5% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 7.0% 7.0% 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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 7.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 7.5% Self-Serving Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 3.7% Halo Effect: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.5% Hindsight Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.4% Composition/Division: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.2% Indoctrination: Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.8% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.0% Appeal to Nature: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst