Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 627 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Kaufman results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal , Availability Heuristic , and Biased Writer Voice , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 12.8% saturation with 321 hits . Analysis detected 2,705 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,508 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 67% (2,199 of 6,519 authors). This David Kaufman is worse (more manipulative) than 66.30% of the peer group. David Kaufman
Author details
Total words: 2,508
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
66% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 66.3% percentile 3.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.0% 7.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.0% 2.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 5.5% 5.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.6% 1.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 9.3% 9.3% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Author 3.0% 3.0% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 0.4% 0.4% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.8% 0.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 8.1% 8.1% 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 7.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 12.8%, sitewide 11.1% Anecdotal: Author 9.3%, sitewide 5.2% Availability Heuristic: Author 8.6%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.1%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 8.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 7.5%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 4.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 5.5%, sitewide 0.8% Overconfidence Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 4.0% Bandwagon: Author 3.9%, sitewide 2.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% False Dilemma: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.3% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Begging the Question: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst