Author summary
90% 2 analyzed articles/videos 839 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bill McKibben results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Negativity Bias , and Post Hoc (False Cause) , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 25.3% saturation with 1,903 hits . Analysis detected 12,114 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,512 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of 78% (2,088 of 9,471 authors). This Bill McKibben is worse (more manipulative) than 78.00% of the peer group. Bill McKibben
Author details
Total words: 7,512
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
78% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 78.0% percentile 3.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles7.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 3.0% 3.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 25.3% 25.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 10.8% 10.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 7.8% 7.8% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 10.9% 10.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 14.9% 14.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 13.6% 13.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.4% 1.4% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Author 6.5% 6.5% 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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 25.3%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 13.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.8%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Author 14.9%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.7%, sitewide 11.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 10.9%, sitewide 3.3% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 10.8%, sitewide 2.0% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.4%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 7.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% False Dilemma: Author 6.5%, sitewide 1.5% Optimism Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 3.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.7%, sitewide 2.7% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Ad Hominem: Author 3.4%, sitewide 2.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Begging the Question: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Author 2.7%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst