Author summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos2,760 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ben Ashford results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 30.2% saturation with 2,282 hits. Analysis detected 9,345 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,560 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (2,551 of 6,628 authors). This Ben Ashford is worse (more manipulative) than 61.50% of the peer group.
Ben Ashford
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Jacob Owens1%
⁠1%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠62%Ben Ashford (selected)4%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 7,560
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

62% percentile
025507510061.5% percentile
3.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles7.6K 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 9.5%9.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 30.2%30.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.2%3.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.4%0.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 11.8%11.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.0%4.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 6.7%6.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 1.3%1.3%

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%Negativity Bias: Author 30.2%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Author 9.5%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 6.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 8.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Author 6.7%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Author 3.9%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 4.6%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.8%Red Herring: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Horn Effect: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.0%Negativity BiasSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos