Author summary
32% 1 analyzed article/video 1,056 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Helena Smith results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Availability Heuristic , with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 259 hits . Analysis detected 1,847 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,168 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 40% (3,877 of 6,363 authors). This Helena Smith is better (less manipulative) than 60.90% of the peer group. Helena Smith
Author details
Total words: 3,168
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
39% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 39.1% percentile 2.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–25%
0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.0% 3.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.6% 7.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.2% 0.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.9% 4.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.5% 1.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.7% 3.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.7% 4.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 4.0% 4.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 8.2% 8.2% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 5% 5% 10% 10% 15% 15% 20% 20% 25% 25% Negativity Bias: Author 7.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.7%, sitewide 9.1% Anecdotal: Author 8.2%, sitewide 5.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.7%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Hindsight Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.4% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.0% Primacy Effect: Author 0.2%, sitewide 0.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst