Author summary
88% 2 analyzed articles/videos 861 analyzed words
BS Summary: These TODAY results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Overconfidence Bias , and Unattributed Quote , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 39% saturation with 1,008 hits . Analysis detected 2,788 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,583 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of 78% (1,429 of 6,476 authors). This TODAY is worse (more manipulative) than 77.90% of the peer group. TODAY
Author details
Total words: 2,583
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
78% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 77.9% percentile 4.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.6K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 39.0% 39.0% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.7% 1.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.4% 3.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.1% 2.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.4% 1.4% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 6.0% 6.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 5.5% 5.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 8.2% 8.2% 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% Appeal to Authority: Author 39.0%, sitewide 11.1% Framing Effect: Author 1.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.1%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Author 11.1%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Overconfidence Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 4.6% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 6.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 6.0%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 5.5%, sitewide 0.8% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.5%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.0% Recency Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% False Dilemma: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst