Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 790 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tim Balk results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Self-Serving Bias , with Ad Hominem as the most egregious example at 24.7% saturation with 782 hits . Analysis detected 3,396 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,160 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 67% (2,242 of 6,628 authors). This Tim Balk is worse (more manipulative) than 66.20% of the peer group. Tim Balk
Author details
Total words: 3,160
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
66% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 66.2% percentile 3.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 24.8% 24.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 8.7% 8.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.5% 0.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 8.3% 8.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.2% 1.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.9% 3.9% 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 0.3%, sitewide 26.9% Ad Hominem: Author 24.8%, sitewide 2.2% Negativity Bias: Author 22.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.2%, sitewide 9.1% Self-Serving Bias: Author 8.3%, sitewide 3.7% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 4.6% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.5%, sitewide 2.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.1% Recency Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.5% Genetic Fallacy: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst