Author summary
58% 1 analyzed article/video 599 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Marshall Shepherd results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination , Anecdotal , and Confirmation Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 13.1% saturation with 235 hits . Analysis detected 1,306 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,797 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of 73% (1,696 of 6,244 authors). This Marshall Shepherd is worse (more manipulative) than 72.80% of the peer group. Marshall Shepherd
Author details
Total words: 1,797
Article count: 1
Publications
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73% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 72.8% percentile 3.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K 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 4.3% 4.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.8% 2.8% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 7.3% 7.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.3% 1.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.7% 1.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.5% 2.5% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 4.2% 4.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 5.1% 5.1% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 1.0% 1.0% 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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 13.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 6.7%, sitewide 7.5% Indoctrination: Author 7.3%, sitewide 0.0% Anecdotal: Author 7.2%, sitewide 5.2% In-Group Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.7%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 4.6% Unattributed Quote: Author 4.2%, sitewide 1.1% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.4% False Dilemma: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst