Author summary
24% 6 analyzed articles/videos 3,087 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Erica Thompson results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Negativity Bias , and Optimism Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 5.7% saturation with 1,204 hits . Analysis detected 10,181 faulty-reasoning hits from 21,156 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 9% (8,138 of 8,898 authors). This Erica Thompson is better (less manipulative) than 91.50% of the peer group. Erica Thompson
Author details
Total words: 21,156
Article count: 6
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
9% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 8.5% percentile 1.1% BS Score6 analyzed articles21.2K 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 1.8% 1.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.4% 3.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.6% 3.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.0% 1.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.9% 1.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.1% 2.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.7% 2.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.7% 0.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% 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 1.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst