Author summary
89% 9 analyzed articles/videos 4,084 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scott Thompson results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Halo Effect , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 16.5% saturation with 3,081 hits . Analysis detected 23,896 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,723 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 64% (2,428 of 6,628 authors). This Scott Thompson is worse (more manipulative) than 63.40% of the peer group. Scott Thompson
Author details
Total words: 18,723
Article count: 9
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
63% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 63.4% percentile 3.2% BS Score9 analyzed articles18.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 16.5% 16.5% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 14.2% 14.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.6% 6.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.1% 5.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.9% 4.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.9% 3.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 10.0% 10.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 1.2% 1.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Author 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 4.4% 4.4% 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 14.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.6%, sitewide 19.2% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 16.5%, sitewide 0.5% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.9%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 10.0%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.9%, sitewide 9.1% Halo Effect: Author 8.4%, sitewide 6.7% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 3.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.3%, sitewide 3.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 3.7% Recency Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 2.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.4% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst