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BS Summary: These Mark Sweney results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause) , Framing Effect , and Ambiguity (Equivocation) , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 19.7% saturation with 505 hits . Analysis detected 2,513 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,565 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 6,257 authors). This Mark Sweney is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group. Mark Sweney
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Total words: 2,565
Article count: 1
Publications
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0% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.0% percentile 0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 8.3% 8.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.6% 1.6% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 11.1% 11.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 7.3% 7.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.7% 4.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.7% 0.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.6% 0.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.6% 0.6% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% 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 8.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 19.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.6%, sitewide 15.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 11.1%, sitewide 3.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 7.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 7.3%, sitewide 0.8% Halo Effect: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% False Dilemma: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.5% Loss Aversion: Author 3.1%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.2% Burden of Proof: Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.4% Begging the Question: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst