Author summary
40% 9 analyzed articles/videos 3,608 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Aspen Ford results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Appeal to Emotion , and Post Hoc (False Cause) , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.5% saturation with 1,231 hits . Analysis detected 15,076 faulty-reasoning hits from 22,567 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 8% (5,893 of 6,353 authors). This Aspen Ford is better (less manipulative) than 92.80% of the peer group. Aspen Ford
Author details
Total words: 22,567
Article count: 9
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 7.2% percentile 1.3% BS Score9 analyzed articles22.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 3.8% 3.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.5% 5.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.2% 4.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.8% 4.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.4% 3.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.5% 1.5% 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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.1%, sitewide 3.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst