Author summary
86% 17 analyzed articles/videos 5,504 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brendan Rascius results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.2% saturation with 5,879 hits . Analysis detected 41,253 faulty-reasoning hits from 41,484 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 43% (5,208 of 9,009 authors). This Brendan Rascius is better (less manipulative) than 57.80% of the peer group. Brendan Rascius
Author details
Total words: 41,484
Article count: 17
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
42% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 42.2% percentile 2.0% BS Score17 analyzed articles41.5K 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 11.4% 11.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 7.2% 7.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.2% 3.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.7% 1.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.6% 3.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 14.2% 14.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.5% 2.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.4% 1.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.9% 2.9% 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 11.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 14.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Author 7.3%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst