Author summary
66% 1 analyzed article/video 541 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jerd Smith results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Negativity Bias , and Self-Serving Bias , with False Dilemma as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 170 hits . Analysis detected 1,483 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,623 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of 75% (1,620 of 6,385 authors). This Jerd Smith is worse (more manipulative) than 74.60% of the peer group. Jerd Smith
Author details
Total words: 1,623
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
75% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 74.6% percentile 4.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K 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 9.8% 9.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.3% 3.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.1% 8.1% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Author 10.5% 10.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.1% 0.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.1% 0.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 7.3% 7.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 7.5% 7.5% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 3.3% 3.3% 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 9.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 7.3%, sitewide 11.1% False Dilemma: Author 10.5%, sitewide 1.5% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.1%, sitewide 8.1% Self-Serving Bias: Author 7.5%, sitewide 3.7% In-Group Bias: Author 6.5%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 4.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 4.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.1% Status Quo Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 2.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.3%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Author 3.3%, sitewide 0.0% Bandwagon: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Primacy Effect: Author 1.5%, sitewide 0.9% Middle Ground: Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst