Author summary
82%3 analyzed articles/videos806 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brett Wilkins results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 26.7% saturation with 2,102 hits. Analysis detected 13,785 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,862 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of 73% (1,806 of 6,628 authors). This Brett Wilkins is worse (more manipulative) than 72.80% of the peer group.
Brett Wilkins
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Jacob Owens1%
1%Megan Fan Munce1%
73%Brett Wilkins (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 7,862
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

73% percentile
025507510072.8% percentile
3.8% BS Score3 analyzed articles7.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 13.4%13.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 15.9%15.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 26.7%26.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 11.2%11.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.1%2.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 6.4%6.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 2.8%2.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 3.9%3.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 5.3%5.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 3.7%3.7%

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 15.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 26.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 19.4%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 13.4%, sitewide 2.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 6.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 5.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 7.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 3.1%Anecdotal: Author 4.5%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.8%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Author 3.9%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Author 3.3%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate