Author summary
70% 16 analyzed articles/videos 4,936 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ben Lovejoy results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Negativity Bias , and Biased Writer Voice , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 2,577 hits . Analysis detected 26,217 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,285 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 45% (3,683 of 6,628 authors). This Ben Lovejoy is better (less manipulative) than 55.60% of the peer group. Ben Lovejoy
Author details
Total words: 24,285
Article count: 16
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
44% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 44.4% percentile 2.4% BS Score16 analyzed articles24.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.4% 5.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.1% 3.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.5% 8.5% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 10.6% 10.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.5% 5.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.8% 3.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.5% 2.5% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 3.7% 3.7% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 4.5% 4.5% 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 5.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.5%, sitewide 11.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 10.6%, sitewide 0.5% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 8.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.4%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 4.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 4.6% Unattributed Quote: Author 4.5%, sitewide 1.1% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 4.0% Indoctrination: Author 3.7%, sitewide 0.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst