Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 874 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ben Penn results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Appeal to Authority , with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 15.2% saturation with 532 hits . Analysis detected 2,539 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,496 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 61% (2,528 of 6,347 authors). This Ben Penn is worse (more manipulative) than 60.20% of the peer group. Ben Penn
Author details
Total words: 3,496
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
60% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 60.2% percentile 3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.9% 2.9% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 15.2% 15.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.0% 4.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.8% 8.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.9% 3.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.8% 3.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.2% 1.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.6% 3.6% 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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.0%, sitewide 15.9% Unattributed Quote: Author 15.2%, sitewide 1.1% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.5%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Burden of Proof: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.4% Loss Aversion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Hindsight Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst