Author summary
36% 1 analyzed article/video 401 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom Sanderson results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Confirmation Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 18.3% saturation with 294 hits . Analysis detected 1,076 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,604 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 73% (2,591 of 9,409 authors). This Tom Sanderson is worse (more manipulative) than 72.50% of the peer group. Tom Sanderson
Author details
Total words: 1,604
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
73% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 72.5% percentile 3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.6% 1.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.5% 1.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 18.3% 18.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 13.0% 13.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.6% 2.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.6% 1.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.5% 3.5% 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 1.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 19.2% Halo Effect: Author 18.3%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.1%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 13.0%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.0% No True Scotsman: Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.9% Actor-Observer Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.6% Appeal to Nature: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.2% Indoctrination: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.0% Hindsight Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.8% Blind-Spot Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst