Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video
BS Summary: These Simon Little results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Negativity Bias , and Ambiguity (Equivocation) , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 4.9% saturation with 132 hits . Analysis detected 984 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,672 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 6,628 authors). This Simon Little is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group. Simon Little
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Total words: 2,672
Article count: 1
Publications
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0% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.0% percentile 0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.7K 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 0.5% 0.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.4% 4.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.5% 4.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.0% 0.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.9% 4.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.1% 2.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.1% 0.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.4% 2.4% 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 0.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 2.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.8% Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.1% Primacy Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.9% Actor-Observer Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.6% Burden of Proof: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst