Author summary
49% 4 analyzed articles/videos 7,297 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Timmer results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Hasty Generalization , and Indoctrination , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 2,389 hits . Analysis detected 20,624 faulty-reasoning hits from 29,188 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 17% (7,194 of 8,592 authors). This John Timmer is better (less manipulative) than 83.70% of the peer group. John Timmer
Author details
Total words: 29,188
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
16% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 16.3% percentile 1.4% BS Score4 analyzed articles29.2K 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 1.7% 1.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.2% 4.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.2% 8.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.7% 0.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.0% 1.0% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 4.2% 4.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.9% 1.9% 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 1.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.1%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.1%, sitewide 5.3% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Author 4.2%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst