Author summary
26% 1 analyzed article/video 670 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Isthmus results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 164 hits . Analysis detected 1,252 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,680 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 35% (5,835 of 8,942 authors). This Isthmus is better (less manipulative) than 65.20% of the peer group. Isthmus
Author details
Total words: 2,680
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
35% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 34.8% percentile 1.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Author SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 4.4% 4.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.5% 1.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.6% 2.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.1% 2.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.2% 2.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.4% 1.4% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.9% 0.9% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 0.9% 0.9% 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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.4%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Anecdotal: Author 6.1%, sitewide 5.2% Optimism Bias: Author 6.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.0%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Indoctrination: Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Blind-Spot Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.8% Middle Ground: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst