Author summary
87% 12 analyzed articles/videos 1,259 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom Chivers results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 24% saturation with 1,181 hits . Analysis detected 9,895 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,913 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.2% and a BS Rank of 84% (1,071 of 6,628 authors). This Tom Chivers is worse (more manipulative) than 83.90% of the peer group. Tom Chivers
Author details
Total words: 4,913
Article count: 12
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
84% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 83.9% percentile 5.2% BS Score12 analyzed articles4.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 18.8% 18.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 15.8% 15.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.2% 6.2% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 18.4% 18.4% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 10.7% 10.7% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 8.1% 8.1% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Author 5.0% 5.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 24.0% 24.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.3% 2.3% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 4.6% 4.6% 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 18.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 24.0%, sitewide 19.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 18.8%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.2%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 15.8%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 12.3%, sitewide 11.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 10.7%, sitewide 3.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 10.7%, sitewide 9.1% Optimism Bias: Author 9.1%, sitewide 6.0% Confirmation Bias: Author 8.3%, sitewide 7.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 8.1%, sitewide 1.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.7% Anecdotal: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 5.0%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 4.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 4.6% Unattributed Quote: Author 4.6%, sitewide 1.1% Recency Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.5% Slippery Slope: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst