Author summary
0% 15 analyzed articles/videos 19,593 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Nicholas Barber results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Halo Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 11% saturation with 9,774 hits . Analysis detected 90,286 faulty-reasoning hits from 89,181 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 26% (4,920 of 6,607 authors). This Nicholas Barber is better (less manipulative) than 74.50% of the peer group. Nicholas Barber
Author details
Total words: 89,181
Article count: 15
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
26% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 25.5% percentile 1.9% BS Score15 analyzed articles89.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 6.6% 6.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.8% 3.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.0% 8.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 11.0% 11.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.6% 5.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.8% 3.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.9% 1.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.6% 2.6% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.9% 0.9% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 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 6.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.6%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.0%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 7.1%, sitewide 6.7% In-Group Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.7%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst