Author summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos262 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Loftus results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 66.7% saturation with 699 hits. Analysis detected 3,731 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,048 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 14.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠98% (181 of 6,611 authors). This John Loftus is worse (more manipulative) than 97.30% of the peer group.
John Loftus
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Jacob Owens1%
⁠1%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠98%John Loftus (selected)15%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,048
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

97% percentile
025507510097.3% percentile
14.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 66.7%66.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 66.1%66.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 27.0%27.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 29.1%29.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 36.8%36.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 17.5%17.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 23.8%23.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 6.6%6.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 7.3%7.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 7.7%7.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Biased Writer Voice: Author 66.7%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 66.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 36.8%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Author 29.1%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 27.0%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Emotion: Author 23.8%, sitewide 15.9%In-Group Bias: Author 17.5%, sitewide 6.9%Availability Heuristic: Author 6.0%, sitewide 9.1%Recency Bias: Author 7.8%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Author 7.7%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 7.4%, sitewide 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 7.3%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Author 6.6%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Author 6.4%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 5.7%, sitewide 3.1%Anecdotal: Author 4.5%, sitewide 5.2%Bandwagon: Author 5.1%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 4.3%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Slippery Slope: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.7%Burden of Proof: Author 3.3%, sitewide 0.4%Pessimism Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos