Author summary
34% 1 analyzed article/video 698 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Allan Smith results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 7.6% saturation with 213 hits . Analysis detected 1,077 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,792 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 51% (4,336 of 8,706 authors). This Allan Smith is worse (more manipulative) than 50.20% of the peer group. Allan Smith
Author details
Total words: 2,792
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
50% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 50.2% percentile 2.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.5% 5.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.5% 0.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.2% 6.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.1% 1.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.9% 0.9% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 1.0% 1.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Author 0.9% 0.9% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Author 0.6% 0.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 3.6% 3.6% 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 5.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 9.1% Optimism Bias: Author 7.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.6%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.1% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst