Author summary
0%6 analyzed articles/videos9,634 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 ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
15%Thomas Germain (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 41,054
Article count: 6
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

15% percentile
025507510015.0% percentile
1.6% BS Score6 analyzed articles41.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 4.5%4.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.7%4.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 9.3%9.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.1%0.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.0%5.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.7%2.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.4%0.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 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 EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate