Author summary
0% 2 analyzed articles/videos 586 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Stephen Council results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.3% saturation with 702 hits . Analysis detected 4,074 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,716 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 32% (4,458 of 6,528 authors). This Stephen Council is better (less manipulative) than 68.30% of the peer group. Stephen Council
Author details
Total words: 5,716
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
32% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 31.7% percentile 2.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.7K 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 4.2% 4.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.5% 4.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.6% 0.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.3% 12.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.2% 0.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.3% 3.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.7% 0.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% 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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.1% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.4%, sitewide 2.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Bandwagon: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst