Author summary
37% 3 analyzed articles/videos 1,740 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Thomas Claburn results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Hasty Generalization , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.6% saturation with 875 hits . Analysis detected 5,289 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,434 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 43% (3,700 of 6,427 authors). This Thomas Claburn is better (less manipulative) than 57.60% of the peer group. Thomas Claburn
Author details
Total words: 6,434
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
42% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 42.4% percentile 2.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Author SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.3% 7.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 13.6% 13.6% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Author 5.7% 5.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 6.0% 6.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.0% 1.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.4% 4.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.4% 1.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 4.0% 4.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% 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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 13.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 6.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Burden of Proof: Author 5.7%, sitewide 0.4% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.1% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst