Author summary
11% 5 analyzed articles/videos 9,581 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Thomas White results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 3.1% saturation with 1,308 hits . Analysis detected 14,190 faulty-reasoning hits from 42,312 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of 1% (6,151 of 6,169 authors). This Thomas White is better (less manipulative) than 99.70% of the peer group. Thomas White
Author details
Total words: 42,312
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
0% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.3% percentile 0.8% BS Score5 analyzed articles42.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.4% 2.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.7% 1.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.4% 2.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.2% 2.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.0% 1.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.7% 0.7% 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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst