Author summary
37% 1 analyzed article/video 5,924 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Robert Kagan results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Overconfidence Bias , and Pessimism Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 1,630 hits . Analysis detected 7,769 faulty-reasoning hits from 17,772 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 4% (6,373 of 6,628 authors). This Robert Kagan is better (less manipulative) than 96.20% of the peer group. Robert Kagan
Author details
Total words: 17,772
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.8% percentile 1.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles17.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.2% 3.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.0% 1.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.1% 0.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.1% 0.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.6% 0.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.5% 1.5% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Author 0.2% 0.2% 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 0.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.0%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.2%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 7.8%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.0%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.5% Slippery Slope: Author 0.0%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst