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0% 1 analyzed article/video 710 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ben Laffin results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Unattributed Quote , and Framing Effect , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 23.8% saturation with 675 hits . Analysis detected 3,564 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,840 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of 71% (1,799 of 6,202 authors). This Ben Laffin is worse (more manipulative) than 71.00% of the peer group. Ben Laffin
Author details
Total words: 2,840
Article count: 1
Publications
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71% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 71.0% percentile 3.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 11.8% 11.8% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 12.2% 12.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 23.8% 23.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.5% 12.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.9% 0.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.5% 0.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 6.4% 6.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% 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 11.8%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Author 23.8%, sitewide 15.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.5%, sitewide 19.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 12.2%, sitewide 1.1% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 6.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 6.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 1.9% Optimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 5.8%, sitewide 5.2% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.3% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 2.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Circular Reasoning: Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Bandwagon: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.4% Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.0% Loss Aversion: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst