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0% 1 analyzed article/video 690 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dana Ferguson results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Fundamental Attribution Error , and Appeal to Emotion , with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 43.9% saturation with 908 hits . Analysis detected 5,899 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,070 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 9.5% and a BS Rank of 94% (388 of 6,348 authors). This Dana Ferguson is worse (more manipulative) than 93.90% of the peer group. Dana Ferguson
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Total words: 2,070
Article count: 1
Publications
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94% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 93.9% percentile 9.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 43.9% 43.9% Fundamental Attribution E… Sitewide 2.7% Author 17.3% 17.3% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 12.9% 12.9% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 15.6% 15.6% Hindsight Bias Sitewide 1.4% Author 14.4% 14.4% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Author 12.3% 12.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Author 11.8% 11.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 16.7% 16.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 12.4% 12.4% Genetic Fallacy Sitewide 1.4% Author 7.7% 7.7% 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% Self-Serving Bias: Author 43.9%, sitewide 3.7% Framing Effect: Author 12.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 20.8%, sitewide 19.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 17.3%, sitewide 2.7% Appeal to Emotion: Author 17.0%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Author 16.7%, sitewide 8.1% Ad Hominem: Author 15.6%, sitewide 2.2% Hindsight Bias: Author 14.4%, sitewide 1.4% Anchoring Bias: Author 12.4%, sitewide 4.0% Burden of Proof: Author 12.3%, sitewide 0.4% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 11.8%, sitewide 3.1% Appeal to Authority: Author 10.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 10.8%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 10.3%, sitewide 7.5% Genetic Fallacy: Author 7.7%, sitewide 1.4% Begging the Question: Author 7.6%, sitewide 1.7% In-Group Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 4.6%, sitewide 6.7% Red Herring: Author 6.0%, sitewide 0.7% Optimism Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 6.0% Actor-Observer Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 0.6% Personal Incredulity: Author 4.7%, sitewide 0.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst