Author summary
20% 13 analyzed articles/videos 9,079 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jacob Sullum results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Confirmation Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 11% saturation with 5,902 hits . Analysis detected 35,274 faulty-reasoning hits from 53,675 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 5% (6,019 of 6,296 authors). This Jacob Sullum is better (less manipulative) than 95.60% of the peer group. Jacob Sullum
Author details
Total words: 53,675
Article count: 13
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.4% percentile 1.2% BS Score13 analyzed articles53.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.2% 5.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.5% 3.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.1% 7.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.5% 0.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 11.0% 11.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.4% 0.4% 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 5.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 7.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.9%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.0%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 0.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 2.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst