Author summary
41% 3 analyzed articles/videos 2,277 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sam Stevenson results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Hasty Generalization , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.3% saturation with 1,641 hits . Analysis detected 9,031 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,343 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 26% (4,655 of 6,262 authors). This Sam Stevenson is better (less manipulative) than 74.30% of the peer group. Sam Stevenson
Author details
Total words: 12,343
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
26% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 25.7% percentile 1.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles12.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 9.0% 9.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.3% 3.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.5% 0.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.6% 1.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 13.3% 13.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.0% 1.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% 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 9.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 13.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.4%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% False Dilemma: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Begging the Question: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst