Author summary
92% 4 analyzed articles/videos 4,364 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Gary Legum results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Ad Hominem , and Hasty Generalization , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 34% saturation with 5,518 hits . Analysis detected 22,340 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,247 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 65% (3,126 of 8,783 authors). This Gary Legum is worse (more manipulative) than 64.40% of the peer group. Gary Legum
Author details
Total words: 16,247
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
64% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 64.4% percentile 2.8% BS Score4 analyzed articles16.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 34.0% 34.0% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.6% 2.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.5% 1.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.5% 6.5% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 11.2% 11.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 7.6% 7.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 14.6% 14.6% 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% Biased Writer Voice: Author 34.0%, sitewide 5.3% Framing Effect: Author 2.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 14.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.5%, sitewide 15.9% Ad Hominem: Author 11.2%, sitewide 2.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 8.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 7.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 7.6%, sitewide 2.0% In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.1% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Author 3.3%, sitewide 0.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.1% Straw Man: Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst