Author summary
89% 1 analyzed article/video 645 analyzed words
BS Summary: These McKenzie Beard results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal , Hasty Generalization , and Appeal to Authority , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 14.8% saturation with 383 hits . Analysis detected 3,128 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,580 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of 82% (1,615 of 8,817 authors). This McKenzie Beard is worse (more manipulative) than 81.70% of the peer group. McKenzie Beard
Author details
Total words: 2,580
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
82% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 81.7% percentile 4.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 8.3% 8.3% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 14.8% 14.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.2% 5.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.4% 3.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 14.2% 14.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.2% 3.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 13.2% 13.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.6% 1.6% 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 8.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.4%, sitewide 15.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 14.8%, sitewide 0.5% Anecdotal: Author 14.2%, sitewide 5.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 13.2%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Author 11.9%, sitewide 11.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 10.0%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 9.2%, sitewide 6.0% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.0% Bandwagon: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.2% Appeal to Nature: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst