Author summary
⁠92%2 analyzed articles/videos971 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ben Boychuk results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Ad Hominem, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 17.5% saturation with 1,082 hits. Analysis detected 8,436 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,193 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (3,030 of 6,244 authors). This Ben Boychuk is worse (more manipulative) than 51.50% of the peer group.
Ben Boychuk
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠52%Ben Boychuk (selected)3%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 6,193
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

52% percentile
025507510051.5% percentile
2.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.2K 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 9.0%9.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 17.5%17.5%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 12.5%12.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 0.9%0.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 7.7%7.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.4%1.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.8%0.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 6.9%6.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.4%0.4%

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 9.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 17.3%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Author 17.5%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Author 11.8%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Author 12.5%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 0.9%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 9.4%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Indoctrination: Author 7.7%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Author 6.9%, sitewide 1.5%In-Group Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Straw Man: Author 3.7%, sitewide 0.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos