Author summary
35% 14 analyzed articles/videos 8,694 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John O'Brien results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Framing Effect , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 7.1% saturation with 2,857 hits . Analysis detected 28,996 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,142 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 10% (5,872 of 6,489 authors). This John O'Brien is better (less manipulative) than 90.50% of the peer group. John O'Brien
Author details
Total words: 40,142
Article count: 14
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.5% percentile 1.4% BS Score14 analyzed articles40.1K 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 4.3% 4.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.4% 6.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.0% 4.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.6% 2.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.6% 3.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.7% 2.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% 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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 7.1%, sitewide 6.0% In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.7%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst