Author summary
⁠96%1 analyzed article/video153 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dan Williams results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Halo Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 43.1% saturation with 264 hits. Analysis detected 1,429 faulty-reasoning hits from 612 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠98% (192 of 6,629 authors). This Dan Williams is worse (more manipulative) than 97.10% of the peer group.
Dan Williams
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Jacob Owens1%
⁠1%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠98%Dan Williams (selected)14%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 612
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

97% percentile
025507510097.1% percentile
13.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles612 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 43.1%43.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 22.2%22.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 32.7%32.7%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Author 11.1%11.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 36.0%36.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 11.1%11.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.1%5.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 6.5%6.5%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Author 5.1%5.1%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 5.7%5.7%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Author 43.1%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 36.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 32.7%, sitewide 19.2%Halo Effect: Author 22.2%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Emotion: Author 19.1%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Author 11.1%, sitewide 2.2%Horn Effect: Author 11.1%, sitewide 1.0%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 5.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.7%, sitewide 8.1%Anchoring Bias: Author 6.5%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Author 6.5%, sitewide 1.5%Overconfidence Bias: Author 6.5%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Author 5.7%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 5.7%, sitewide 2.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 5.6%, sitewide 3.1%Primacy Effect: Author 5.1%, sitewide 0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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