Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video142 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brent Baughman results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Nature, and Bandwagon, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 34.3% saturation with 146 hits. Analysis detected 618 faulty-reasoning hits from 426 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.1% and a BS Rank of 93% (495 of 6,315 authors). This Brent Baughman is worse (more manipulative) than 92.20% of the peer group.
Brent Baughman
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
93%Brent Baughman (selected)9%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 426
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

92% percentile
025507510092.2% percentile
8.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles426 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 34.3%34.3%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Author 13.4%13.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 8.4%8.4%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Author 12.7%12.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.0%7.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.4%2.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.4%1.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.5%0.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 31.5%31.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 1.2%1.2%

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%Optimism Bias: Author 34.3%, sitewide 6.0%Framing Effect: Author 31.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 8.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Nature: Author 13.4%, sitewide 0.2%Bandwagon: Author 12.7%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 8.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.4%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Author 4.7%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Author 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.5%Blind-Spot Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.2%Optimism BiasSitewide rateAuthor rate

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