Author summary
â 96% 1 analyzed article/video 720 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Popular Mechanics Editors results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Overconfidence Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 16.7% saturation with 361 hits . Analysis detected 2,990 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,160 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.8% and a BS Rank of â 82% (1,175 of 6,361 authors). This Popular Mechanics Editors is worse (more manipulative) than 81.50% of the peer group. Popular Mechanics Editors
Author details
Total words: 2,160
Article count: 1
Publications
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82% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 81.5% percentile 4.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.5% 7.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.2% 2.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 16.6% 16.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 13.5% 13.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 10.5% 10.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 16.7% 16.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.1% 2.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 5.0% 5.0% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 4.5% 4.5% 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% Framing Effect: Author 7.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 10.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 16.7%, sitewide 11.1% Optimism Bias: Author 16.6%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.2%, sitewide 15.9% Overconfidence Bias: Author 13.5%, sitewide 4.6% Hasty Generalization: Author 10.8%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 5.0%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.0%, sitewide 5.3% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Anecdotal: Author 2.9%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 4.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 4.5%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.1%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.8% Appeal to Nature: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.9% Indoctrination: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst