Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video
BS Summary: These Damon Silvers results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Negativity Bias , and Indoctrination , with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 23.7% saturation with 1,196 hits . Analysis detected 8,316 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,037 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 6,628 authors). This Damon Silvers is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group. Damon Silvers
Author details
Total words: 5,037
Article count: 1
Publications
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0% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.0% percentile 0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 6.3% 6.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 23.7% 23.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.5% 3.5% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 11.8% 11.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 17.0% 17.0% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 10.7% 10.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.7% 0.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 13.4% 13.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 6.7% 6.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.9% 0.9% 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 6.3%, sitewide 26.9% Confirmation Bias: Author 23.7%, sitewide 7.5% Negativity Bias: Author 13.4%, sitewide 19.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 17.0%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.5%, sitewide 15.9% Indoctrination: Author 11.8%, sitewide 0.0% Availability Heuristic: Author 11.1%, sitewide 9.1% Appeal to Authority: Author 6.0%, sitewide 11.1% Pessimism Bias: Author 10.7%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 8.3%, sitewide 4.0% Slippery Slope: Author 6.8%, sitewide 1.7% Halo Effect: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 6.7%, sitewide 0.8% Optimism Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 4.6% False Dilemma: Author 4.2%, sitewide 1.5% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 2.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.2%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.5% Begging the Question: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst