Author summary
20% 1 analyzed article/video 2,092 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Stephen M. Walt results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.4% saturation with 966 hits . Analysis detected 3,614 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,276 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 54% (3,066 of 6,628 authors). This Stephen M. Walt is worse (more manipulative) than 53.70% of the peer group. Stephen M. Walt
Author details
Total words: 6,276
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
54% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 53.7% percentile 2.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.3K 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 0.3% 0.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.0% 2.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.4% 0.4% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 11.1% 11.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.1% 2.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.2% 1.2% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 6.9% 6.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 15.4% 15.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 4.8% 4.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 1.0% 1.0% 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 0.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 15.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.0%, sitewide 15.9% Ad Hominem: Author 11.1%, sitewide 2.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 7.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 2.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Slippery Slope: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.5% Horn Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.0% Indoctrination: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst