Author summary
6% 1 analyzed article/video 804 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Silvia Pettem results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Optimism Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 4.4% saturation with 140 hits . Analysis detected 740 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,216 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 25% (6,697 of 8,827 authors). This Silvia Pettem is better (less manipulative) than 75.90% of the peer group. Silvia Pettem
Author details
Total words: 3,216
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
24% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 24.1% percentile 1.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K 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 1.1% 1.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.3% 4.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.2% 1.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 4.2% 4.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.3% 2.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.1% 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 0.6% 0.6% Bandwagon Sitewide 2.2% Author 0.5% 0.5% 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 1.1%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.2%, sitewide 8.1% Optimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.5%, sitewide 0.8% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst