Author summary
43% 15 analyzed articles/videos 17,110 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jacob Sullum results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Confirmation Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 7,062 hits . Analysis detected 50,692 faulty-reasoning hits from 78,802 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 11% (7,661 of 8,529 authors). This Jacob Sullum is better (less manipulative) than 89.80% of the peer group. Jacob Sullum
Author details
Total words: 78,802
Article count: 15
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 10.2% percentile 1.2% BS Score15 analyzed articles78.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 4.8% 4.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.2% 3.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.2% 8.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.5% 1.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.7% 3.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.2% 0.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.8% 2.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.3% 1.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.8% 0.8% 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 4.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.5%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 9.0%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst