Author summary
63% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,608 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Benjamin S. Weiss results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14% saturation with 899 hits . Analysis detected 4,958 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,432 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 50% (4,740 of 9,471 authors). This Benjamin S. Weiss is worse (more manipulative) than 50.00% of the peer group. Benjamin S. Weiss
Author details
Total words: 6,432
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
50% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 50.0% percentile 2.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 6.8% 6.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.1% 6.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.2% 3.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 14.0% 14.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.7% 1.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.5% 0.5% 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 6.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 14.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.4%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 0.5%, sitewide 5.2% Ad Hominem: Author 4.1%, sitewide 2.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Recency Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.0% Bandwagon: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst