Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video4,136 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Xavier de Souza Briggs results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 6.2% saturation with 1,028 hits. Analysis detected 9,245 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,544 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (5,730 of 6,373 authors). This Xavier de Souza Briggs is better (less manipulative) than 89.90% of the peer group.
Xavier de Souza Briggs
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠11%Xavier de Souza Briggs (selected)2%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 16,544
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

10% percentile
025507510010.1% percentile
1.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles16.5K 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 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 4.6%4.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.5%0.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.3%3.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 6.2%6.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.9%0.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 1.0%1.0%

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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 4.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 6.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos