Author summary
⁠55%10 analyzed articles/videos11,706 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ian Millhiser results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 18.1% saturation with 13,119 hits. Analysis detected 80,445 faulty-reasoning hits from 72,629 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠32% (4,263 of 6,244 authors). This Ian Millhiser is better (less manipulative) than 68.30% of the peer group.
Ian Millhiser
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠32%Ian Millhiser (selected)3%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 72,629
Article count: 10
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

32% percentile
025507510031.7% percentile
2.1% BS Score10 analyzed articles72.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 5.3%5.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 18.1%18.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 5.1%5.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 9.3%9.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.1%3.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 9.3%9.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.2%2.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.8%0.8%

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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Author 18.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 7.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Ad Hominem: Author 3.7%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate