Author summary
96% 1 analyzed article/video 1,628 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Littlefair results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Anecdotal , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 29.8% saturation with 1,456 hits . Analysis detected 7,141 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,884 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 68% (2,043 of 6,359 authors). This David Littlefair is worse (more manipulative) than 67.90% of the peer group. David Littlefair
Author details
Total words: 4,884
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
68% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 67.9% percentile 3.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.9K 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 4.4% 4.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 29.8% 29.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.2% 3.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.7% 12.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.5% 4.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.4% 0.4% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 6.6% 6.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.0% 2.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 9.0% 9.0% 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% Hasty Generalization: Author 29.8%, sitewide 8.1% Framing Effect: Author 4.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 9.0%, sitewide 5.3% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 7.5% Anecdotal: Author 7.3%, sitewide 5.2% In-Group Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 4.1%, sitewide 6.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 6.6%, sitewide 1.4% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 6.5%, sitewide 3.1% Optimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Straw Man: Author 3.7%, sitewide 0.9% Horn Effect: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.5%, sitewide 2.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.9% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.0% Ad Hominem: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.2% Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst