Author summary
10% 3 analyzed articles/videos 3,284 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scott Travers results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Overconfidence Bias , and Framing Effect , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 6.6% saturation with 788 hits . Analysis detected 7,477 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,919 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 20% (5,334 of 6,611 authors). This Scott Travers is better (less manipulative) than 80.70% of the peer group. Scott Travers
Author details
Total words: 11,919
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
19% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.3% percentile 1.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles11.9K 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 4.4% 4.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.0% 3.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.0% 2.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.8% 5.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.0% 1.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.7% 0.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% 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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 5.6%, sitewide 4.6% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 3.1% False Dilemma: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst