Author summary
⁠100%1 analyzed article/video95 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Robin Lindsay results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Framing Effect, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 66.3% saturation with 189 hits. Analysis detected 1,065 faulty-reasoning hits from 285 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 20.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠99% (64 of 6,194 authors). This Robin Lindsay is worse (more manipulative) than 99.00% of the peer group.
Robin Lindsay
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠99%Robin Lindsay (selected)21%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 285
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

99% percentile
025507510099.0% percentile
20.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles285 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 66.3%66.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 36.5%36.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 40.0%40.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 32.3%32.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 24.2%24.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 24.2%24.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 39.0%39.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 14.7%14.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 8.4%8.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 7.0%7.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Biased Writer Voice: Author 66.3%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 40.0%, sitewide 9.1%Framing Effect: Author 39.0%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 36.5%, sitewide 0.5%Anecdotal: Author 32.3%, sitewide 5.2%Hasty Generalization: Author 24.2%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Author 24.2%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity Bias: Author 18.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 15.4%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Author 14.7%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Author 7.7%, sitewide 11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 8.4%, sitewide 0.8%Hindsight Bias: Author 8.1%, sitewide 1.4%Pessimism Bias: Author 8.1%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 8.1%, sitewide 3.3%Confirmation Bias: Author 7.7%, sitewide 7.5%Indoctrination: Author 7.0%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Author 7.0%, sitewide 0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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