Author summary
88% 3 analyzed articles/videos 701 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fred Lucas results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.3% saturation with 1,025 hits . Analysis detected 11,195 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,340 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 76% (2,196 of 8,873 authors). This Fred Lucas is worse (more manipulative) than 75.30% of the peer group. Fred Lucas
Author details
Total words: 8,340
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
75% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 75.3% percentile 3.4% BS Score3 analyzed articles8.3K 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 10.3% 10.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.3% 12.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.2% 0.2% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 7.7% 7.7% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Author 6.4% 6.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 10.6% 10.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.2% 2.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 11.4% 11.4% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Author 0.2% 0.2% 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 10.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.6%, sitewide 15.9% Confirmation Bias: Author 11.4%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 9.8%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.5%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 7.7%, sitewide 1.4% In-Group Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.7% Burden of Proof: Author 6.4%, sitewide 0.4% Optimism Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 4.7%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 4.9%, sitewide 3.7% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.1%, sitewide 3.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 4.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.7%, sitewide 0.8% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst