Author summary
0% 2 analyzed articles/videos 276 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Marc Silver results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias , Anecdotal , and Framing Effect , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 26% saturation with 215 hits . Analysis detected 1,919 faulty-reasoning hits from 828 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.9% and a BS Rank of 94% (418 of 6,347 authors). This Marc Silver is worse (more manipulative) than 93.40% of the peer group. Marc Silver
Author details
Total words: 828
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
93% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 93.4% percentile 8.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles828 analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 23.4% 23.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 26.0% 26.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 19.6% 19.6% Bandwagon Sitewide 2.2% Author 14.3% 14.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.3% 4.3% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 15.8% 15.8% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Author 9.8% 9.8% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Author 10.4% 10.4% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 10.4% 10.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 7.3% 7.3% 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 15.8%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 26.0%, sitewide 11.1% Anchoring Bias: Author 23.4%, sitewide 4.0% Anecdotal: Author 19.6%, sitewide 5.2% Negativity Bias: Author 13.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.3%, sitewide 15.9% Bandwagon: Author 14.3%, sitewide 2.2% Availability Heuristic: Author 12.3%, sitewide 9.1% Recency Bias: Author 10.4%, sitewide 2.7% Self-Serving Bias: Author 10.4%, sitewide 3.7% Optimism Bias: Author 10.1%, sitewide 6.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 9.8%, sitewide 1.9% Halo Effect: Author 9.2%, sitewide 6.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 8.7%, sitewide 3.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 7.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 7.3%, sitewide 0.8% In-Group Bias: Author 6.6%, sitewide 6.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 5.6%, sitewide 3.1% Primacy Effect: Author 4.7%, sitewide 0.9% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 4.6% Loss Aversion: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.5% Begging the Question: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.7% Blind-Spot Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst