Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 2,380 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Pearce results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Appeal to Authority , and Negativity Bias , with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 27% saturation with 2,575 hits . Analysis detected 8,936 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,520 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 48% (3,303 of 6,350 authors). This Matt Pearce is better (less manipulative) than 52.00% of the peer group. Matt Pearce
Author details
Total words: 9,520
Article count: 1
Publications
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48% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 48.0% percentile 2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles9.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.9% 1.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 27.1% 27.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.2% 1.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.7% 5.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.9% 0.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 13.0% 13.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.3% 0.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.5% 1.5% 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% Halo Effect: Author 27.1%, sitewide 6.7% Framing Effect: Author 1.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 13.0%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 8.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.2%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 3.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 2.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.4% Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst