Author summary
98% 1 analyzed article/video 902 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brendan Bechtel results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Optimism Bias , and Indoctrination , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 16.3% saturation with 441 hits . Analysis detected 3,727 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,706 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of 78% (1,462 of 6,628 authors). This Brendan Bechtel is worse (more manipulative) than 78.00% of the peer group. Brendan Bechtel
Author details
Total words: 2,706
Article count: 1
Publications
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78% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 78.0% percentile 4.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 6.8% 6.8% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 9.8% 9.8% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 9.0% 9.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.8% 4.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 12.8% 12.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.3% 4.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 8.3% 8.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 9.9% 9.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% 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 6.8%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Author 16.3%, sitewide 15.9% Halo Effect: Author 12.8%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.8%, sitewide 11.1% Optimism Bias: Author 9.9%, sitewide 6.0% Indoctrination: Author 9.8%, sitewide 0.0% Confirmation Bias: Author 9.8%, sitewide 7.5% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.3%, sitewide 9.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 9.0%, sitewide 0.5% Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.7%, sitewide 5.3% Self-Serving Bias: Author 8.3%, sitewide 3.7% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.1%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Anecdotal: Author 6.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 4.6% False Dilemma: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.5% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.8%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst