Author summary
70% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,201 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dave LeClair results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal , Confirmation Bias , and Availability Heuristic , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 724 hits . Analysis detected 5,171 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,550 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 54% (3,068 of 6,628 authors). This Dave LeClair is worse (more manipulative) than 53.70% of the peer group. Dave LeClair
Author details
Total words: 5,550
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
54% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 53.7% percentile 2.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.6K 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 3.6% 3.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.6% 3.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.1% 3.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 13.1% 13.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.3% 4.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 10.2% 10.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.8% 2.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 1.3% 1.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 6.8% 6.8% 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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.1%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 13.1%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.3%, sitewide 11.1% Anecdotal: Author 10.2%, sitewide 5.2% Availability Heuristic: Author 6.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 7.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.5% Bandwagon: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst