Author summary
72%7 analyzed articles/videos1,581 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mike Pearl results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 23.8% saturation with 2,646 hits. Analysis detected 15,063 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,100 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 67% (2,128 of 6,348 authors). This Mike Pearl is worse (more manipulative) than 66.50% of the peer group.
Mike Pearl
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
67%Mike Pearl (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 11,100
Article count: 7
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

67% percentile
025507510066.5% percentile
3.4% BS Score7 analyzed articles11.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 23.8%23.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 11.6%11.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.5%7.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 12.3%12.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.0%5.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.0%4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 5.1%5.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 4.9%4.9%

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 11.6%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 23.8%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Author 12.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 6.0%, sitewide 6.0%Pessimism Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Author 3.6%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 5.1%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Author 4.9%, sitewide 1.1%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.5%Recency Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate