Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 1,717 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mercey Livingston results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Optimism Bias , and Post Hoc (False Cause) , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 620 hits . Analysis detected 3,359 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,868 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 35% (4,153 of 6,362 authors). This Mercey Livingston is better (less manipulative) than 65.30% of the peer group. Mercey Livingston
Author details
Total words: 6,868
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
35% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 34.7% percentile 2.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Author SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.9% 1.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.1% 0.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.0% 2.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 6.8% 6.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.7% 2.7% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 2.7% 2.7% 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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 6.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 2.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 6.1%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.5%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Indoctrination: Author 2.7%, sitewide 0.0% Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.9%, sitewide 0.8% Begging the Question: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.5% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.5% Red Herring: Author 0.2%, sitewide 0.7% Appeal to Nature: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst