Author summary
0% 3 analyzed articles/videos 3,076 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard Pollock results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Appeal to Authority , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 24% saturation with 2,706 hits . Analysis detected 21,643 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,298 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of 76% (1,556 of 6,365 authors). This Richard Pollock is worse (more manipulative) than 75.60% of the peer group. Richard Pollock
Author details
Total words: 11,298
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
76% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 75.6% percentile 4.1% BS Score3 analyzed articles11.3K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 9.6% 9.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 19.1% 19.1% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 9.3% 9.3% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 6.3% 6.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 23.9% 23.9% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 6.0% 6.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 15.2% 15.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.1% 2.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.3% 1.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Author 6.4% 6.4% 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 9.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 23.9%, sitewide 19.2% Biased Writer Voice: Author 19.1%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Emotion: Author 13.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 15.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 12.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 10.5%, sitewide 8.1% Ad Hominem: Author 9.3%, sitewide 2.2% Confirmation Bias: Author 7.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 6.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.8%, sitewide 6.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 3.1% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 1.4% Pessimism Bias: Author 6.0%, sitewide 1.9% Optimism Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.4% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst