Author summary
73% 1 analyzed article/video 720 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Courtney Cook results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Unattributed Quote , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 14.1% saturation with 407 hits . Analysis detected 2,012 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,880 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 61% (3,703 of 9,471 authors). This Courtney Cook is worse (more manipulative) than 60.90% of the peer group. Courtney Cook
Author details
Total words: 2,880
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
61% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 60.9% percentile 2.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.9K 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 1.3% 1.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.2% 12.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.0% 2.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.8% 1.8% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 3.7% 3.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 2.7% 2.7% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 0.9% 0.9% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 1.5% 1.5% 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 1.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 14.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 9.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 4.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.1% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.5% Primacy Effect: Author 1.5%, sitewide 0.9% Straw Man: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.8% Burden of Proof: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst