Author summary
31% 1 analyzed article/video 951 analyzed words
BS Summary: These MIKE SMITH results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic , Appeal to Authority , and Loss Aversion , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 14.2% saturation with 406 hits . Analysis detected 1,561 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,853 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 41% (3,809 of 6,362 authors). This MIKE SMITH is better (less manipulative) than 59.90% of the peer group. MIKE SMITH
Author details
Total words: 2,853
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
40% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 40.1% percentile 2.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.9% 1.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 14.2% 14.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.7% 0.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.1% 2.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.8% 5.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.3% 1.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.1% 0.1% 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% Optimism Bias: Author 14.2%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 5.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Author 3.1%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.2% Recency Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.8% False Dilemma: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.5% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.1% Blind-Spot Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.2% Indoctrination: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst