Author summary
29% 3 analyzed articles/videos 2,186 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Zach Urness results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Pessimism Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 720 hits . Analysis detected 3,497 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,744 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 27% (6,506 of 8,883 authors). This Zach Urness is better (less manipulative) than 73.20% of the peer group. Zach Urness
Author details
Total words: 8,744
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
27% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 26.8% percentile 1.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles8.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.3% 2.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.2% 8.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.5% 1.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.8% 4.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.8% 0.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.7% 0.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.5% 1.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.1% 1.1% 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 0.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.2%, sitewide 8.1% Optimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.1% Indoctrination: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.8% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 0.2%, sitewide 0.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst