Author summary
71% 1 analyzed article/video 278 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brian Heffernan results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Red Herring , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.6% saturation with 130 hits . Analysis detected 919 faulty-reasoning hits from 834 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of 87% (845 of 6,244 authors). This Brian Heffernan is worse (more manipulative) than 86.50% of the peer group. Brian Heffernan
Author details
Total words: 834
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
87% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 86.5% percentile 5.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles834 analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 8.6% 8.6% Red Herring Sitewide 0.7% Author 9.3% 9.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Author 8.6% 8.6% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 6.7% 6.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 5.8% 5.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.2% 4.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.7% 1.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 15.6% 15.6% Genetic Fallacy Sitewide 1.4% Author 4.7% 4.7% 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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 15.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 10.1%, sitewide 11.1% Red Herring: Author 9.3%, sitewide 0.7% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.2%, sitewide 9.1% Recency Bias: Author 8.6%, sitewide 2.7% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.9%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Author 7.4%, sitewide 5.3% Halo Effect: Author 4.7%, sitewide 6.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 6.7%, sitewide 1.1% Optimism Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 5.8%, sitewide 0.8% Status Quo Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 2.2% Genetic Fallacy: Author 4.7%, sitewide 1.4% Self-Serving Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% Special Pleading: Author 3.2%, sitewide 0.3% Primacy Effect: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst