Author summary
83%1 analyzed article/video891 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Barry Levitt results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 43.8% saturation with 1,172 hits. Analysis detected 3,330 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,673 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.6% and a BS Rank of 81% (1,284 of 6,628 authors). This Barry Levitt is worse (more manipulative) than 80.60% of the peer group.
Barry Levitt
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Jacob Owens1%
1%Megan Fan Munce1%
81%Barry Levitt (selected)5%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,673
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

81% percentile
025507510080.6% percentile
4.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 43.9%43.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 1.8%1.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 8.4%8.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.9%1.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 3.1%3.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 7.6%7.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 4.5%4.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 3.9%3.9%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Author 43.9%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 1.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 8.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 0.6%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 10.1%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 6.0%Halo Effect: Author 7.7%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Author 7.6%, sitewide 4.6%Confirmation Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Author 3.6%, sitewide 5.2%False Dilemma: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Author 3.2%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.1%Begging the Question: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.5%Sunk Cost Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.3%Burden of Proof: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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