Author summary
86% 1 analyzed article/video 1,850 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mercury Staff results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , Halo Effect , and In-Group Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 23.2% saturation with 1,290 hits . Analysis detected 6,075 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,550 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of 71% (1,837 of 6,244 authors). This Mercury Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 70.60% of the peer group. Mercury Staff
Author details
Total words: 5,550
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
71% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 70.6% percentile 3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.6K 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 2.7% 2.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.8% 0.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 23.2% 23.2% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 9.6% 9.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 8.0% 8.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.8% 4.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.4% 3.4% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 3.7% 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 0.6% 0.6% 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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 23.2%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 9.6%, sitewide 0.5% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.8%, sitewide 9.1% Halo Effect: Author 8.8%, sitewide 6.7% In-Group Bias: Author 8.5%, sitewide 6.9% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Author 3.7%, sitewide 0.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Primacy Effect: Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.9% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst