Author summary
20% 14 analyzed articles/videos 7,956 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tim Newcomb results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Overconfidence Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 5.9% saturation with 1,989 hits . Analysis detected 22,329 faulty-reasoning hits from 33,617 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 12% (5,634 of 6,370 authors). This Tim Newcomb is better (less manipulative) than 88.40% of the peer group. Tim Newcomb
Author details
Total words: 33,617
Article count: 14
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
12% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 11.6% percentile 1.5% BS Score14 analyzed articles33.6K 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 3.5% 3.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.4% 4.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.7% 1.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.0% 0.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.5% 1.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.9% 5.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.6% 0.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.7% 3.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.6% 2.6% 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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.3%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.7%, sitewide 0.8% Loss Aversion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst