Author summary
55%2 analyzed articles/videos1,887 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Nathan Dalton results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 18.4% saturation with 1,039 hits. Analysis detected 4,494 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,661 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 52% (3,111 of 6,359 authors). This Nathan Dalton is worse (more manipulative) than 51.10% of the peer group.
Nathan Dalton
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
52%Nathan Dalton (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 5,661
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

51% percentile
025507510051.1% percentile
2.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 2.2%2.2%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 18.4%18.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 3.0%3.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 5.1%5.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.5%3.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.4%3.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 4.4%4.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 0.7%0.7%

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 2.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 19.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 18.4%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Author 7.6%, sitewide 5.2%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 4.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos