Author summary
69% 8 analyzed articles/videos 1,384 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Zack Kotzer results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Appeal to Emotion , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 21% saturation with 2,676 hits . Analysis detected 15,901 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,744 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 52% (3,201 of 6,628 authors). This Zack Kotzer is worse (more manipulative) than 51.70% of the peer group. Zack Kotzer
Author details
Total words: 12,744
Article count: 8
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
52% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 51.7% percentile 2.7% BS Score8 analyzed articles12.7K 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 7.3% 7.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 21.0% 21.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 8.2% 8.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.3% 1.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.5% 1.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.1% 3.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.8% 4.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 3.0% 3.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.2% 0.2% 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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 21.0%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 16.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 8.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 2.0% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% Ad Hominem: Author 3.3%, sitewide 2.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.1% Indoctrination: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst