Author summary
63%1 analyzed article/video1,378 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Vivi Smilgius results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 10% saturation with 413 hits. Analysis detected 2,167 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,134 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 44% (3,596 of 6,359 authors). This Vivi Smilgius is better (less manipulative) than 56.50% of the peer group.
Vivi Smilgius
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
44%Vivi Smilgius (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 4,134
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

44% percentile
025507510043.5% percentile
2.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 4.2%4.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 6.5%6.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.4%3.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 10.0%10.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.4%2.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.4%3.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.5%2.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.4%0.4%

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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 6.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 3.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.2%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.1%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos