Author summary
98% 1 analyzed article/video 1,218 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Union of Concerned Scientists results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Slippery Slope , and Negativity Bias , with Politically Left Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 17.6% saturation with 642 hits . Analysis detected 6,175 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,654 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5% and a BS Rank of 83% (1,107 of 6,393 authors). This Union of Concerned Scientists is worse (more manipulative) than 82.70% of the peer group. Union of Concerned Scientists
Author details
Total words: 3,654
Article count: 1
Publications
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83% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 82.7% percentile 5.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.1% 7.1% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 17.6% 17.6% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Author 15.2% 15.2% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 8.0% 8.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 12.3% 12.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.6% 12.6% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Author 7.5% 7.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.8% 3.8% Bandwagon Sitewide 2.2% Author 6.8% 6.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.5% 1.5% 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 7.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.6%, sitewide 19.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 17.6%, sitewide 2.0% Appeal to Emotion: Author 16.0%, sitewide 15.9% Slippery Slope: Author 15.2%, sitewide 1.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 12.3%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 10.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.2%, sitewide 8.1% Indoctrination: Author 8.0%, sitewide 0.0% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% False Dilemma: Author 7.5%, sitewide 1.5% In-Group Bias: Author 4.9%, sitewide 6.9% Bandwagon: Author 6.8%, sitewide 2.2% Optimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Begging the Question: Author 5.7%, sitewide 1.7% Anecdotal: Author 2.7%, sitewide 5.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 1.9% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 3.7% Straw Man: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst