Author summary
98% 1 analyzed article/video 943 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Gawain Towler results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Hasty Generalization , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 45.7% saturation with 1,293 hits . Analysis detected 5,918 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,829 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.1% and a BS Rank of 84% (1,072 of 6,549 authors). This Gawain Towler is worse (more manipulative) than 83.60% of the peer group. Gawain Towler
Author details
Total words: 2,829
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
84% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 83.6% percentile 5.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 45.7% 45.7% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.9% 5.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 9.9% 9.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 7.3% 7.3% Fundamental Attribution E… Sitewide 2.7% Author 7.7% 7.7% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 6.4% 6.4% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 6.9% 6.9% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Author 6.3% 6.3% 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% Biased Writer Voice: Author 45.7%, sitewide 5.3% Framing Effect: Author 5.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 21.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 14.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 11.0%, sitewide 8.1% Pessimism Bias: Author 9.9%, sitewide 1.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 7.7%, sitewide 2.7% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 7.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 7.3%, sitewide 2.0% Ad Hominem: Author 6.9%, sitewide 2.2% In-Group Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 6.9% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 1.4% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 6.3%, sitewide 1.9% Anecdotal: Author 3.4%, sitewide 5.2% Red Herring: Author 4.9%, sitewide 0.7% False Dilemma: Author 4.7%, sitewide 1.5% Straw Man: Author 4.7%, sitewide 0.9% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Horn Effect: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.0% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst