Author summary
26% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,855 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Molly Taft results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Negativity Bias , and Pessimism Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 6.6% saturation with 427 hits . Analysis detected 3,843 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,518 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 32% (4,463 of 6,522 authors). This Molly Taft is better (less manipulative) than 68.40% of the peer group. Molly Taft
Author details
Total words: 6,518
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
32% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 31.6% percentile 2.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.5K 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 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.3% 1.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.4% 5.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.0% 1.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.1% 0.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.7% 3.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 5.1% 5.1% 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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.6%, sitewide 5.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 1.9% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.0%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.5% Slippery Slope: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.1% Begging the Question: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst