Author summary
⁠9%4 analyzed articles/videos1,514 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Kawahara results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Overconfidence Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 4.7% saturation with 370 hits. Analysis detected 1,977 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,840 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (8,212 of 8,597 authors). This Matt Kawahara is better (less manipulative) than 95.50% of the peer group.
Matt Kawahara
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Hannah Martin1%
⁠0%Paul DeMark1%
⁠0%Emma Sedlak1%
⁠0%Michael Fox1%
⁠0%San Antonio Report Staff1%
⁠5%Matt Kawahara (selected)1%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 7,840
Article count: 4
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

5% percentile
02550751004.5% percentile
1.0% BS Score4 analyzed articles7.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 1.6%1.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 0.6%0.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.0%1.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.5%0.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.0%0.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 2.2%2.2%

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 1.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 0.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.0%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.1%Red Herring: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.7%Sunk Cost Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos