Author summary
51% 7 analyzed articles/videos 4,604 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lance Whitney results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal , Optimism Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 1,733 hits . Analysis detected 14,475 faulty-reasoning hits from 21,586 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 31% (6,375 of 9,195 authors). This Lance Whitney is better (less manipulative) than 69.30% of the peer group. Lance Whitney
Author details
Total words: 21,586
Article count: 7
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
31% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 30.7% percentile 1.7% BS Score7 analyzed articles21.6K 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 2.2% 2.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.8% 1.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.4% 5.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.1% 0.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.8% 2.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.8% 3.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 3.3% 3.3% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 0.2% 0.2% 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 2.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.8%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 7.6%, sitewide 5.2% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 6.5%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst