Author summary
5% 1 analyzed article/video 809 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matthew Richmond results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Negativity Bias , and Pessimism Bias , with Loss Aversion as the most egregious example at 2.8% saturation with 89 hits . Analysis detected 553 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,236 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 7% (8,889 of 9,538 authors). This Matthew Richmond is better (less manipulative) than 93.20% of the peer group. Matthew Richmond
Author details
Total words: 3,236
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.8% percentile 1.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K 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 0.5% 0.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.7% 1.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.0% 1.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.4% 0.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.0% 2.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.2% 0.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.3% 1.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.9% 0.9% 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 0.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.2%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Loss Aversion: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.5% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst