Author summary
12% 3 analyzed articles/videos 2,139 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Popular Science Team results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 758 hits . Analysis detected 4,416 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,442 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 12% (5,802 of 6,524 authors). This Popular Science Team is better (less manipulative) than 88.90% of the peer group. Popular Science Team
Author details
Total words: 9,442
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
11% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 11.1% percentile 1.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles9.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.3% 5.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.4% 2.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.5% 4.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 8.0% 8.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.5% 0.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.4% 0.4% 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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.7%, sitewide 8.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 8.0%, sitewide 0.5% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.4% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst