Author summary
12% 1 analyzed article/video 529 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Steven Grattan results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Confirmation Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 107 hits . Analysis detected 828 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,587 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 54% (2,888 of 6,169 authors). This Steven Grattan is worse (more manipulative) than 53.20% of the peer group. Steven Grattan
Author details
Total words: 1,587
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
53% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 53.2% percentile 2.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K 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 1.9% 1.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.7% 6.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.5% 4.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.0% 2.0% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 1.3% 1.3% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 1.1% 1.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 5.9% 5.9% 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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.0%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Begging the Question: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.7% Burden of Proof: Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.8% Primacy Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst