Author summary
0% 3 analyzed articles/videos 13,232 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Colby Smith results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 4,032 hits . Analysis detected 19,256 faulty-reasoning hits from 47,114 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of 1% (6,350 of 6,382 authors). This Colby Smith is better (less manipulative) than 99.50% of the peer group. Colby Smith
Author details
Total words: 47,114
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.5% percentile 0.8% BS Score3 analyzed articles47.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.6% 8.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.0% 1.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.6% 0.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.8% 0.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% 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 2.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.9% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst