Author summary
0% 6 analyzed articles/videos 4,029 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Selena Simmons-Duffin results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 20.9% saturation with 3,921 hits . Analysis detected 30,091 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,746 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 67% (2,106 of 6,359 authors). This Selena Simmons-Duffin is worse (more manipulative) than 66.90% of the peer group. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Author details
Total words: 18,746
Article count: 6
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
67% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 66.9% percentile 3.4% BS Score6 analyzed articles18.7K 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 15.9% 15.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Author 7.1% 7.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.6% 1.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 20.6% 20.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.0% 1.0% Loss Aversion Sitewide 2.5% Author 6.6% 6.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.6% 1.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.2% 1.2% 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 15.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 20.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 20.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 10.8%, sitewide 11.1% In-Group Bias: Author 9.1%, sitewide 6.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 7.6%, sitewide 7.5% Slippery Slope: Author 7.1%, sitewide 1.7% Halo Effect: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.7% Loss Aversion: Author 6.6%, sitewide 2.5% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 3.1% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Ad Hominem: Author 4.5%, sitewide 2.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.3%, sitewide 2.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Status Quo Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst