Author summary
42% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,370 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ed White results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Pessimism Bias , and Loss Aversion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5% saturation with 211 hits . Analysis detected 1,877 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,199 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 24% (6,564 of 8,557 authors). This Ed White is better (less manipulative) than 76.70% of the peer group. Ed White
Author details
Total words: 4,199
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
23% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 23.3% percentile 1.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.2K 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 1.9% 1.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.9% 4.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.2% 3.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.4% 0.4% 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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 4.0% Loss Aversion: Author 3.8%, sitewide 2.5% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst