Author summary
7% 19 analyzed articles/videos 15,569 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Eugene Volokh results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Hasty Generalization , and Confirmation Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.9% saturation with 4,357 hits . Analysis detected 35,794 faulty-reasoning hits from 74,341 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 2% (6,414 of 6,485 authors). This Eugene Volokh is better (less manipulative) than 98.90% of the peer group. Eugene Volokh
Author details
Total words: 74,341
Article count: 19
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.1% percentile 0.9% BS Score19 analyzed articles74.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.2% 2.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.9% 5.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.5% 0.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.1% 0.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.6% 2.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.5% 2.5% 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 2.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.1% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Burden of Proof: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst