Author summary
45% 2 analyzed articles/videos 2,418 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dan McGowan results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Availability Heuristic , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.5% saturation with 1,495 hits . Analysis detected 6,893 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,672 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 23% (4,937 of 6,360 authors). This Dan McGowan is better (less manipulative) than 77.60% of the peer group. Dan McGowan
Author details
Total words: 9,672
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
22% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 22.4% percentile 1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles9.7K 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% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.2% 2.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.7% 1.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 5.0% 5.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.5% 0.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 4.2% 4.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 15.5% 15.5% 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 15.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 5.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst