Author summary
98% 3 analyzed articles/videos 1,638 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Iain Macwhirter results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Negativity Bias , and Confirmation Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 21.5% saturation with 1,946 hits . Analysis detected 14,610 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,066 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 76% (2,274 of 9,471 authors). This Iain Macwhirter is worse (more manipulative) than 76.00% of the peer group. Iain Macwhirter
Author details
Total words: 9,066
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
76% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 76.0% percentile 3.4% BS Score3 analyzed articles9.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 8.5% 8.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 21.5% 21.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.1% 6.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 17.4% 17.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.2% 0.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.0% 1.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.6% 1.6% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 5.6% 5.6% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 5.8% 5.8% 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 8.5%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 21.5%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 15.5%, sitewide 19.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 17.4%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.8%, sitewide 11.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 10.6%, sitewide 7.5% Availability Heuristic: Author 6.1%, sitewide 9.1% Overconfidence Bias: Author 7.3%, sitewide 4.6% In-Group Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 1.9% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 5.6%, sitewide 1.4% Anecdotal: Author 3.4%, sitewide 5.2% False Dilemma: Author 4.7%, sitewide 1.5% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Ad Hominem: Author 4.0%, sitewide 2.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.1% Horn Effect: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst