Author summary
97% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,120 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brian Gallagher results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Negativity Bias , and Self-Serving Bias , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 12.1% saturation with 543 hits . Analysis detected 5,745 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,480 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 81% (1,774 of 9,256 authors). This Brian Gallagher is worse (more manipulative) than 80.80% of the peer group. Brian Gallagher
Author details
Total words: 4,480
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
81% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 80.8% percentile 3.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.5K 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 6.4% 6.4% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 12.1% 12.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.4% 4.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 10.4% 10.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.3% 5.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 11.3% 11.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.3% 4.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 8.2% 8.2% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 7.5% 7.5% 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 6.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 10.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.4%, sitewide 15.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 12.1%, sitewide 0.5% Optimism Bias: Author 11.3%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.3%, sitewide 9.1% Self-Serving Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 3.7% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 7.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 7.5%, sitewide 3.3% In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 6.4%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.4%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Author 5.6%, sitewide 1.9% Anecdotal: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.0% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst