Author summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos225 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Live Science Staff results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Authority, and Indoctrination, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 50.4% saturation with 454 hits. Analysis detected 2,072 faulty-reasoning hits from 900 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠97% (241 of 6,628 authors). This Live Science Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 96.40% of the peer group.
Live Science Staff
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Jacob Owens1%
⁠1%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠97%Live Science Staff (selected)13%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 900
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

96% percentile
025507510096.4% percentile
12.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles900 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 50.4%50.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 34.0%34.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 22.2%22.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.3%1.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 28.0%28.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 12.7%12.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 16.4%16.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 8.9%8.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.3%2.3%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Author 5.8%5.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 50.4%, sitewide 0.5%Biased Writer Voice: Author 34.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 28.0%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Author 12.7%, sitewide 26.9%Indoctrination: Author 22.2%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 19.2%Availability Heuristic: Author 16.4%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.7%, sitewide 15.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 8.9%, sitewide 1.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 5.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 6.7%, sitewide 6.0%Burden of Proof: Author 5.8%, sitewide 0.4%Anchoring Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Author 5.3%, sitewide 1.5%Loss Aversion: Author 5.3%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos