Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video3,413 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hamish Mackay results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 13.5% saturation with 1,380 hits. Analysis detected 6,856 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,203 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠28% (4,797 of 6,628 authors). This Hamish Mackay is better (less manipulative) than 72.40% of the peer group.
Hamish Mackay
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Jacob Owens1%
⁠1%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠28%Hamish Mackay (selected)2%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 10,203
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

28% percentile
025507510027.6% percentile
1.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles10.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 4.3%4.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 13.5%13.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.9%6.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.7%4.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.4%3.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.8%0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%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 13.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.5%Ad Hominem: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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