Author summary
81% 22 analyzed articles/videos 10,012 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Malcolm Ferguson results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18% saturation with 8,126 hits . Analysis detected 56,688 faulty-reasoning hits from 45,136 analyzed words across 22 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 59% (3,846 of 9,297 authors). This Malcolm Ferguson is worse (more manipulative) than 58.60% of the peer group. Malcolm Ferguson
Author details
Total words: 45,136
Article count: 22
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
59% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 58.6% percentile 2.5% BS Score22 analyzed articles45.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 10.2% 10.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 16.3% 16.3% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 10.7% 10.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 8.0% 8.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.0% 2.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% 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 10.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 18.0%, sitewide 19.2% Biased Writer Voice: Author 16.3%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.5%, sitewide 11.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 10.7%, sitewide 2.0% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.0% Ad Hominem: Author 5.4%, sitewide 2.2% Anecdotal: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Indoctrination: Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst