Author summary
29% 2 analyzed articles/videos 831 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Colin A. Young results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 15.8% saturation with 394 hits . Analysis detected 2,272 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,493 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of 75% (1,629 of 6,359 authors). This Colin A. Young is worse (more manipulative) than 74.40% of the peer group. Colin A. Young
Author details
Total words: 2,493
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
74% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 74.4% percentile 4.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 9.5% 9.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.9% 1.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 15.8% 15.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.9% 1.9% Straw Man Sitewide 0.9% Author 3.9% 3.9% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 4.4% 4.4% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Author 2.2% 2.2% 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% Framing Effect: Author 9.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.0%, sitewide 15.9% Confirmation Bias: Author 15.8%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.5%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.5%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 9.1% Halo Effect: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.0%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 2.0% Anchoring Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 4.0% Straw Man: Author 3.9%, sitewide 0.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% False Dilemma: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.5% Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.4% Burden of Proof: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.4% Composition/Division: Author 1.9%, sitewide 0.2% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.5% Indoctrination: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.0% Primacy Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst