Author summary
6% 5 analyzed articles/videos 2,461 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom Metcalfe results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Hasty Generalization , and Confirmation Bias , with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 1,038 hits . Analysis detected 6,305 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,551 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 16% (5,346 of 6,359 authors). This Tom Metcalfe is better (less manipulative) than 84.10% of the peer group. Tom Metcalfe
Author details
Total words: 11,551
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
16% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 15.9% percentile 1.6% BS Score5 analyzed articles11.6K 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 3.2% 3.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.5% 0.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 6.1% 6.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.1% 1.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.7% 0.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 9.0% 9.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.3% 1.3% 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 3.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 6.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.3%, sitewide 9.1% Overconfidence Bias: Author 9.0%, sitewide 4.6% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 1.7%, sitewide 1.5% Begging the Question: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.7% Hindsight Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst