Author summary
56% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,867 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Holly Bancroft results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.7% saturation with 1,157 hits . Analysis detected 8,172 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,812 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 28% (4,441 of 6,171 authors). This Holly Bancroft is better (less manipulative) than 72.00% of the peer group. Holly Bancroft
Author details
Total words: 10,812
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
28% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 28.0% percentile 1.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles10.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.5% 5.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 10.7% 10.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 7.9% 7.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.5% 0.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.4% 2.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.9% 0.9% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 7.7% 7.7% 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 5.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 10.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.4%, sitewide 8.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 7.7%, sitewide 3.3% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 4.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Recency Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.1% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.0% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.9%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst