Author summary
36% 1 analyzed article/video 2,141 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lauren Mascarenhas results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Confirmation Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 6.5% saturation with 1,113 hits . Analysis detected 7,880 faulty-reasoning hits from 17,144 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 10% (8,068 of 8,938 authors). This Lauren Mascarenhas is better (less manipulative) than 90.30% of the peer group. Lauren Mascarenhas
Author details
Total words: 17,144
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.7% percentile 1.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles17.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 6.5% 6.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.2% 5.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.0% 3.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.1% 0.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.2% 0.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.0% 1.0% 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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst