Author summary
59% 6 analyzed articles/videos 1,865 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Thomas Stevenson results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Confirmation Bias , and Politically Right Leaning Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 14% saturation with 1,166 hits . Analysis detected 7,377 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,350 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 50% (4,264 of 8,417 authors). This Thomas Stevenson is better (less manipulative) than 50.70% of the peer group. Thomas Stevenson
Author details
Total words: 8,350
Article count: 6
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
49% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 49.3% percentile 2.3% BS Score6 analyzed articles8.4K 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% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.4% 2.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 14.0% 14.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 9.7% 9.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 8.7% 8.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.5% 0.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.0% 4.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 3.0% 3.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.6% 1.6% 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 14.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 9.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.0%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 8.8%, sitewide 7.5% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 8.7%, sitewide 1.4% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.8%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Indoctrination: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.0% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst