Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video
BS Summary: These Maurie Backman results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Loss Aversion as the most egregious example at 17.6% saturation with 412 hits. Analysis detected 2,853 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,336 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of ⁠0% (0 of 6,359 authors). This Maurie Backman is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group.
Maurie Backman
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
⁠0%Maurie Backman (selected)0%
Author details
Total words: 2,336
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

0% percentile
02550751000.0% percentile
0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 8.0%8.0%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Author 17.6%17.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.7%4.7%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 9.3%9.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 10.7%10.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 9.3%9.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.9%2.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.0%3.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 4.8%4.8%

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 8.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 10.7%, sitewide 19.2%Loss Aversion: Author 17.6%, sitewide 2.5%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 9.3%, sitewide 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 9.3%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 9.1%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Author 8.9%, sitewide 6.0%Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.9%, sitewide 5.3%False Dilemma: Author 4.9%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Author 4.8%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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