Author summary
⁠92%6 analyzed articles/videos6,614 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ilya Somin results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 17.4% saturation with 3,448 hits. Analysis detected 26,921 faulty-reasoning hits from 19,842 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (3,065 of 6,316 authors). This Ilya Somin is worse (more manipulative) than 51.50% of the peer group.
Ilya Somin
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠52%Ilya Somin (selected)3%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 19,842
Article count: 6
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

52% percentile
025507510051.5% percentile
2.7% BS Score6 analyzed articles19.8K 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 3.4%3.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 17.4%17.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.0%7.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 11.7%11.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.8%3.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.6%1.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 12.2%12.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 4.8%4.8%

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 3.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 11.7%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Author 17.4%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.0%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 12.2%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Author 10.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Author 6.5%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Author 4.9%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Author 4.8%, sitewide 1.5%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Slippery Slope: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Begging the Question: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 2.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos