Author summary
92% 1 analyzed article/video 745 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard Wexler results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Indoctrination , and Appeal to Emotion , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 16.4% saturation with 367 hits . Analysis detected 3,346 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,235 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of 80% (1,277 of 6,323 authors). This Richard Wexler is worse (more manipulative) than 79.80% of the peer group. Richard Wexler
Author details
Total words: 2,235
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
80% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 79.8% percentile 4.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 11.5% 11.5% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 12.6% 12.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 16.4% 16.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 7.7% 7.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.3% 4.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 11.3% 11.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.8% 1.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 14.2% 14.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 11.5% 11.5% 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 11.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 14.2%, sitewide 19.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 16.4%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Emotion: Author 11.5%, sitewide 15.9% Indoctrination: Author 12.6%, sitewide 0.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.3%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.9%, sitewide 9.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 7.7%, sitewide 0.8% Confirmation Bias: Author 7.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.7%, sitewide 3.3% Burden of Proof: Author 3.2%, sitewide 0.4% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 3.1% False Dilemma: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.7%, sitewide 0.0% Slippery Slope: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst