Author summary
91% 1 analyzed article/video 1,840 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rand Wilson results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Politically Left Leaning Bias , with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 25.3% saturation with 1,398 hits . Analysis detected 6,853 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,520 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 74% (1,685 of 6,348 authors). This Rand Wilson is worse (more manipulative) than 73.50% of the peer group. Rand Wilson
Author details
Total words: 5,520
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
74% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 73.5% percentile 3.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 25.3% 25.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.9% 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 10.2% 10.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.8% 3.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 17.2% 17.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.1% 1.1% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 9.1% 9.1% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 8.9% 8.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.8% 2.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.8% 1.8% 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 10.2%, sitewide 26.9% Indoctrination: Author 25.3%, sitewide 0.0% Negativity Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 19.2% Biased Writer Voice: Author 17.2%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.9%, sitewide 9.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 9.1%, sitewide 2.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 8.9%, sitewide 3.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% False Dilemma: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.8% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst