Author summary
21% 1 analyzed article/video 2,166 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bolts results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.2% saturation with 626 hits . Analysis detected 3,401 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,664 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 24% (6,891 of 9,039 authors). This Bolts is better (less manipulative) than 76.20% of the peer group. Bolts
Author details
Total words: 8,664
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
24% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 23.8% percentile 1.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles8.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 3.3% 3.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.6% 1.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.2% 7.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.2% 0.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.2% 1.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.8% 0.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.0% 1.0% 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 3.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 7.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.3%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.5% Burden of Proof: Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.4% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst