Author summary
47% 1 analyzed article/video 599 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Marshall Shepherd results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination , Anecdotal , and Confirmation Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 235 hits . Analysis detected 1,348 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,396 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 69% (2,881 of 9,089 authors). This Marshall Shepherd is worse (more manipulative) than 68.30% of the peer group. Marshall Shepherd
Author details
Total words: 2,396
Article count: 1
Publications
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68% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 68.3% percentile 3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.4K 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 3.2% 3.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.1% 2.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 6.5% 6.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.8% 3.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.8% 1.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.3% 1.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 5.0% 5.0% 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 3.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 9.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Indoctrination: Author 6.5%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 5.4%, sitewide 5.2% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.1% Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.0% Hindsight Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.4% False Dilemma: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst