Author summary
42% 2 analyzed articles/videos 690 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scott Lauber results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Optimism Bias , and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 431 hits . Analysis detected 2,987 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,382 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 16% (5,302 of 6,244 authors). This Scott Lauber is better (less manipulative) than 84.90% of the peer group. Scott Lauber
Author details
Total words: 5,382
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
15% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 15.1% percentile 1.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.4K 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 6.0% 6.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.3% 1.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.0% 8.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.0% 1.0% 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 6.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 3.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 3.5%, sitewide 0.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst