Author summary
⁠67%1 analyzed article/video635 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rachel Osier Lindley results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Anchoring Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 16.2% saturation with 308 hits. Analysis detected 1,707 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,905 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (1,805 of 6,360 authors). This Rachel Osier Lindley is worse (more manipulative) than 71.60% of the peer group.
Rachel Osier Lindley
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠72%Rachel Osier Lindley (selected)4%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,905
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

72% percentile
025507510071.6% percentile
3.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K 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 7.0%7.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.0%6.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 11.6%11.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.9%1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 16.2%16.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.4%1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.7%0.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 1.0%1.0%

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 7.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 11.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 16.2%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Author 5.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 0.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Anchoring Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 4.0%Optimism Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Pessimism Bias: Author 5.7%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Recency Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 4.4%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Middle Ground: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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