Author summary
93% 13 analyzed articles/videos 7,213 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Oliver Willis results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias , Negativity Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 35.8% saturation with 10,361 hits . Analysis detected 58,086 faulty-reasoning hits from 28,921 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 74% (1,677 of 6,264 authors). This Oliver Willis is worse (more manipulative) than 73.20% of the peer group. Oliver Willis
Author details
Total words: 28,921
Article count: 13
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
73% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 73.2% percentile 3.9% BS Score13 analyzed articles28.9K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 35.8% 35.8% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 23.9% 23.9% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 9.4% 9.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 17.6% 17.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 8.4% 8.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.2% 3.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 10.5% 10.5% 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% Biased Writer Voice: Author 35.8%, sitewide 5.3% Framing Effect: Author 9.4%, sitewide 26.9% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 23.9%, sitewide 2.0% Negativity Bias: Author 19.9%, sitewide 19.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 17.6%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.7%, sitewide 11.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 10.8%, sitewide 7.5% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% Ad Hominem: Author 8.4%, sitewide 2.2% In-Group Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 6.3%, sitewide 3.3% Optimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.4%, sitewide 2.7% Straw Man: Author 3.4%, sitewide 0.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 3.1% Begging the Question: Author 3.3%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.5% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst