Author summary
0% 6 analyzed articles/videos 9,634 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Thomas Germain results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Authority , and Anecdotal , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.3% saturation with 3,837 hits . Analysis detected 33,177 faulty-reasoning hits from 41,054 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 15% (5,306 of 6,244 authors). This Thomas Germain is better (less manipulative) than 85.00% of the peer group. Thomas Germain
Author details
Total words: 41,054
Article count: 6
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
15% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 15.0% percentile 1.6% BS Score6 analyzed articles41.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Author SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 4.5% 4.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.7% 4.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 9.3% 9.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.1% 0.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.0% 5.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.7% 2.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.4% 0.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.4% 1.4% 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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Indoctrination: Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst