Author summary
⁠91%2 analyzed articles/videos314 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard Lawler results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Unattributed Quote, and Anchoring Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 21% saturation with 533 hits. Analysis detected 3,436 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,535 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠82% (1,254 of 6,628 authors). This Richard Lawler is worse (more manipulative) than 81.10% of the peer group.
Richard Lawler
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Jacob Owens1%
⁠1%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠82%Richard Lawler (selected)5%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,535
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

81% percentile
025507510081.1% percentile
4.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.5K 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 5.0%5.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.7%7.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 0.4%0.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 7.2%7.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 8.2%8.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.5%2.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 16.1%16.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.3%4.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 2.0%2.0%

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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 21.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 16.1%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.7%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Author 8.2%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 0.4%, sitewide 8.1%Anchoring Bias: Author 8.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 7.8%, sitewide 3.3%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 7.2%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.5%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.4%Composition/Division: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.2%False Dilemma: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos