Author summary
92% 1 analyzed article/video 1,679 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Damon Silvers results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Negativity Bias , and Indoctrination , with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 17.8% saturation with 1,196 hits . Analysis detected 8,323 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,716 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of 79% (2,016 of 9,437 authors). This Damon Silvers is worse (more manipulative) than 78.60% of the peer group. Damon Silvers
Author details
Total words: 6,716
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
79% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 78.6% percentile 3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.7K 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 4.7% 4.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.6% 2.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 17.8% 17.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 10.0% 10.0% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 8.9% 8.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.5% 4.5% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 8.1% 8.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.5% 0.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 12.7% 12.7% 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 4.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 10.0%, sitewide 19.2% Confirmation Bias: Author 17.8%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.6%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Author 12.7%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 8.3%, sitewide 9.1% Indoctrination: Author 8.9%, sitewide 0.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 8.1%, sitewide 1.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7% Anchoring Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 4.0% Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Slippery Slope: Author 5.1%, sitewide 1.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 5.0%, sitewide 0.8% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% False Dilemma: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.5% Recency Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Loss Aversion: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst