Author summary
71% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,124 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mac Cerullo results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias , Halo Effect , and Confirmation Bias , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 16.6% saturation with 559 hits . Analysis detected 2,322 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,372 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 52% (3,058 of 6,270 authors). This Mac Cerullo is worse (more manipulative) than 51.20% of the peer group. Mac Cerullo
Author details
Total words: 3,372
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
51% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 51.2% percentile 2.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.4K 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 2.0% 2.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 16.6% 16.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.1% 2.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.4% 0.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.2% 1.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.2% 1.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 4.3% 4.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 2.0% 2.0% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Author 3.6% 3.6% 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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9% Optimism Bias: Author 16.6%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.1%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 5.7%, sitewide 6.7% Overconfidence Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 4.6% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.3% Self-Serving Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.1%, sitewide 3.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 2.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.4% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.7% Sunk Cost Effect: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.3% False Dilemma: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.5% Primacy Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst