Author summary
59% 1 analyzed article/video 833 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mark St. Cyr results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Biased Writer Voice , and False Dilemma , with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 301 hits . Analysis detected 1,512 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,499 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 43% (3,827 of 6,611 authors). This Mark St. Cyr is better (less manipulative) than 57.90% of the peer group. Mark St. Cyr
Author details
Total words: 2,499
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
42% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 42.1% percentile 2.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.5K 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 3.4% 3.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.6% 0.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 12.0% 12.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.0% 2.0% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Author 5.5% 5.5% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.4% 0.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.6% 1.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 3.4% 3.4% 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 3.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.8%, sitewide 15.9% Overconfidence Bias: Author 12.0%, sitewide 4.6% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.9%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.0% False Dilemma: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.5% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.0%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Indoctrination: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.9% Ad Hominem: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Straw Man: Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.7% Hindsight Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.4% Circular Reasoning: Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.8% Red Herring: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst