Author summary
7% 8 analyzed articles/videos 2,529 analyzed words
BS Summary: These James P. Sutton results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Halo Effect , and Negativity Bias , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 1,186 hits . Analysis detected 3,931 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,877 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 4% (6,053 of 6,277 authors). This James P. Sutton is better (less manipulative) than 96.40% of the peer group. James P. Sutton
Author details
Total words: 9,877
Article count: 8
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.6% percentile 1.2% BS Score8 analyzed articles9.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.0% 2.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.1% 2.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 12.0% 12.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.9% 0.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.5% 0.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.1% 0.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.1% 0.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.5% 0.5% 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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.1%, sitewide 15.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 12.0%, sitewide 0.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 6.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.7% Hindsight Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 1.4% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst