Author summary
45% 4 analyzed articles/videos 3,619 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ian James results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 1,532 hits . Analysis detected 11,959 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,095 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 19% (5,159 of 6,365 authors). This Ian James is better (less manipulative) than 81.00% of the peer group. Ian James
Author details
Total words: 15,095
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
19% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.0% percentile 1.7% BS Score4 analyzed articles15.1K 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 6.8% 6.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 10.2% 10.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 8.8% 8.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.0% 2.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.7% 2.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.0% 2.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 6.4% 6.4% 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 6.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 10.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 6.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Loss Aversion: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst