Author summary
4% 1 analyzed article/video 1,241 analyzed words
BS Summary: These St. John Barned-Smith results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Anecdotal , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 478 hits . Analysis detected 2,067 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,964 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 21% (5,251 of 6,628 authors). This St. John Barned-Smith is better (less manipulative) than 79.20% of the peer group. St. John Barned-Smith
Author details
Total words: 4,964
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
21% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 20.8% percentile 1.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles5K 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 1.6% 1.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.9% 5.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 9.6% 9.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.4% 0.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.2% 0.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.8% 1.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.8% 0.8% 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 1.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 9.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.7%, sitewide 1.1% False Dilemma: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.5% Primacy Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.8% Burden of Proof: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.4% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.5% Appeal to Nature: Author 0.2%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst