Author summary
29%2 analyzed articles/videos344 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sean O'Kane results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.3% saturation with 272 hits. Analysis detected 1,727 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,933 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 27% (4,686 of 6,399 authors). This Sean O'Kane is better (less manipulative) than 73.20% of the peer group.
Sean O'Kane
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
27%Sean O'Kane (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,933
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

27% percentile
025507510026.8% percentile
1.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 2.0%2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 0.2%0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 9.3%9.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.1%4.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.9%2.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.8%1.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.8%0.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.0%Red Herring: Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos