Author summary
78% 1 analyzed article/video 1,763 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jonny Ball results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Framing Effect , and Confirmation Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 571 hits . Analysis detected 4,616 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,289 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 47% (3,319 of 6,244 authors). This Jonny Ball is better (less manipulative) than 53.10% of the peer group. Jonny Ball
Author details
Total words: 5,289
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
47% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 46.9% percentile 2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.4% 7.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.2% 5.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.7% 2.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 10.8% 10.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.6% 1.6% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Author 0.6% 0.6% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Author 4.3% 4.3% 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 7.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.7%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 10.8%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 4.6% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 4.3%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% False Dilemma: Author 3.8%, sitewide 1.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Ad Hominem: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.0% Hindsight Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.4% Slippery Slope: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst