Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 5,210 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Stephen Castle results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Self-Serving Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 7.2% saturation with 1,497 hits . Analysis detected 11,519 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,840 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 12% (5,657 of 6,427 authors). This Stephen Castle is better (less manipulative) than 88.00% of the peer group. Stephen Castle
Author details
Total words: 20,840
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
12% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.0% percentile 1.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles20.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 3.2% 3.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.6% 4.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.3% 5.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.0% 1.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.9% 1.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.8% 0.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.1% 1.1% 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 3.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 7.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 3.7% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Ad Hominem: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Slippery Slope: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst