Author summary
0% 2 analyzed articles/videos 2,055 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Sivak results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Availability Heuristic , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 724 hits . Analysis detected 5,890 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,220 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 29% (4,745 of 6,611 authors). This David Sivak is better (less manipulative) than 71.80% of the peer group. David Sivak
Author details
Total words: 8,220
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
28% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 28.2% percentile 1.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles8.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 8.8% 8.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.6% 7.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.1% 5.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.8% 0.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 5.0% 5.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 4.1% 4.1% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% 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 8.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 7.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 5.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.2%, sitewide 3.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst