Author summary
44% 2 analyzed articles/videos 3,018 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Higgins results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Framing Effect , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 6.3% saturation with 1,234 hits . Analysis detected 11,568 faulty-reasoning hits from 19,708 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 23% (7,295 of 9,471 authors). This John Higgins is better (less manipulative) than 77.00% of the peer group. John Higgins
Author details
Total words: 19,708
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
23% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 23.0% percentile 1.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles19.7K 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 3.4% 3.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.2% 5.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.0% 2.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.2% 1.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.8% 1.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 2.1% 2.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.6% 1.6% 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 3.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Indoctrination: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst