Author summary
49% 2 analyzed articles/videos 605 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lakshmi Varanasi results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 594 hits . Analysis detected 6,169 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,156 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 36% (5,519 of 8,521 authors). This Lakshmi Varanasi is better (less manipulative) than 64.80% of the peer group. Lakshmi Varanasi
Author details
Total words: 8,156
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
35% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 35.2% percentile 1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles8.2K 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 4.1% 4.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.4% 4.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.7% 4.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.5% 1.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.4% 1.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.1% 2.1% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% 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 4.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.7% Overconfidence Bias: Author 6.7%, sitewide 4.6% Optimism Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.4%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Indoctrination: Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Bandwagon: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst