Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video157 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matthew Herper results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Overconfidence Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 29.1% saturation with 183 hits. Analysis detected 885 faulty-reasoning hits from 628 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠92% (540 of 6,628 authors). This Matthew Herper is worse (more manipulative) than 91.90% of the peer group.
Matthew Herper
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Jacob Owens1%
⁠1%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠92%Matthew Herper (selected)8%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 628
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

92% percentile
025507510091.9% percentile
7.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles628 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 29.1%29.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 25.8%25.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 8.1%8.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 13.2%13.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.5%3.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 10.5%10.5%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Author 6.2%6.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 3.5%3.5%Blind-Spot BiasSitewide 0.2%Author 2.2%2.2%

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%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 29.1%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Author 8.1%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Author 25.8%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 13.2%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Author 10.5%, sitewide 4.6%Hasty Generalization: Author 10.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 3.5%, sitewide 6.7%Primacy Effect: Author 6.2%, sitewide 0.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 4.0%Status Quo Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Blind-Spot Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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