Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 2,061 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Damien Cave results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Slippery Slope , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 25.7% saturation with 2,115 hits . Analysis detected 8,789 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,244 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 64% (2,382 of 6,604 authors). This Damien Cave is worse (more manipulative) than 63.90% of the peer group. Damien Cave
Author details
Total words: 8,244
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
64% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 63.9% percentile 3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles8.2K 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 2.6% 2.6% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 14.2% 14.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.9% 6.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 25.7% 25.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.6% 1.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 6.0% 6.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.1% 4.1% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Author 6.7% 6.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% 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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 25.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.9%, sitewide 15.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 14.2%, sitewide 1.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 6.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 7.5% Slippery Slope: Author 6.7%, sitewide 1.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.9%, sitewide 3.3% Anecdotal: Author 5.4%, sitewide 5.2% Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.2%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.9%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst