Author summary
0% 3 analyzed articles/videos 1,107 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Steven Vaughan-Nichols results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Optimism Bias , and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 4.5% saturation with 449 hits . Analysis detected 4,720 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,006 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 6% (6,004 of 6,364 authors). This Steven Vaughan-Nichols is better (less manipulative) than 94.30% of the peer group. Steven Vaughan-Nichols
Author details
Total words: 10,006
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.7% percentile 1.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles10K 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 4.5% 4.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.3% 1.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.5% 0.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.4% 1.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.8% 3.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.9% 1.9% 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 3.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 3.3%, sitewide 0.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst