Author summary
0% 3 analyzed articles/videos 490 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jeff Mason results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Optimism Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 42.2% saturation with 609 hits . Analysis detected 3,473 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,444 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.5% and a BS Rank of 89% (715 of 6,420 authors). This Jeff Mason is worse (more manipulative) than 88.90% of the peer group. Jeff Mason
Author details
Total words: 1,444
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
89% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 88.9% percentile 6.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles1.4K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 42.2% 42.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 16.8% 16.8% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Author 11.0% 11.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 9.0% 9.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 6.4% 6.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 11.6% 11.6% Loss Aversion Sitewide 2.5% Author 6.0% 6.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 4.1% 4.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 8.7% 8.7% 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 42.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 22.3%, sitewide 19.2% Optimism Bias: Author 16.8%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Emotion: Author 11.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 13.8%, sitewide 11.1% Status Quo Bias: Author 11.0%, sitewide 2.2% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 9.0%, sitewide 0.8% Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.7%, sitewide 5.3% Halo Effect: Author 8.7%, sitewide 6.7% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 6.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 4.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 1.9% Overconfidence Bias: Author 6.0%, sitewide 4.6% Loss Aversion: Author 6.0%, sitewide 2.5% Anecdotal: Author 3.0%, sitewide 5.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 5.2%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.1%, sitewide 3.3% Slippery Slope: Author 4.6%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 3.3%, sitewide 1.7% Hindsight Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.4% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst