Author summary
51% 14 analyzed articles/videos 7,251 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Eric McDaniel results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 4,562 hits . Analysis detected 31,262 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,236 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 17% (5,431 of 6,497 authors). This Eric McDaniel is better (less manipulative) than 83.60% of the peer group. Eric McDaniel
Author details
Total words: 40,236
Article count: 14
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
16% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 16.4% percentile 1.6% BS Score14 analyzed articles40.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 6.8% 6.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.8% 6.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 11.3% 11.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.0% 1.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.8% 4.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.0% 4.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.0% 1.0% 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% Framing Effect: Author 6.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 11.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 2.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.2% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst