Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 1,139 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Katharine Lang results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Confirmation Bias , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 276 hits . Analysis detected 1,929 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,556 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 10% (5,754 of 6,348 authors). This Katharine Lang is better (less manipulative) than 90.60% of the peer group. Katharine Lang
Author details
Total words: 4,556
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
9% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.4% percentile 1.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.6K 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 1.5% 1.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.5% 4.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.9% 0.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.3% 3.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.6% 0.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.7% 1.7% 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 1.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 6.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.2%, sitewide 3.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Indoctrination: Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.8% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.5% Burden of Proof: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst