Author summary
56% 5 analyzed articles/videos 4,600 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Simon results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Hasty Generalization , and Biased Writer Voice , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 1,685 hits . Analysis detected 13,315 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,400 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 40% (5,602 of 9,282 authors). This Matt Simon is better (less manipulative) than 60.30% of the peer group. Matt Simon
Author details
Total words: 18,400
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
40% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 39.7% percentile 1.9% BS Score5 analyzed articles18.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 4.2% 4.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.6% 3.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.2% 0.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.3% 2.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 6.3% 6.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.1% 2.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.1% 1.1% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.6% 0.6% 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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 6.3%, sitewide 11.1% Optimism Bias: Author 9.2%, sitewide 6.0% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% False Dilemma: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.3%, 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