Author summary
33% 1 analyzed article/video 90 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Megan McArdle results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Negativity Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 16.9% saturation with 61 hits . Analysis detected 312 faulty-reasoning hits from 360 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.6% and a BS Rank of 86% (1,297 of 8,795 authors). This Megan McArdle is worse (more manipulative) than 85.30% of the peer group. Megan McArdle
Author details
Total words: 360
Article count: 1
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85% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 85.3% percentile 4.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles360 analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.6% 5.6% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 13.9% 13.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.4% 4.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 16.9% 16.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 11.7% 11.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.2% 2.2% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 5.0% 5.0% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Author 4.4% 4.4% 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 16.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.4%, sitewide 15.9% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 13.9%, sitewide 1.4% Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.7%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.0%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.0% Slippery Slope: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.7% Ad Hominem: Author 4.2%, sitewide 2.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.3%, sitewide 1.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.1% Horn Effect: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.0% Loss Aversion: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.9% Indoctrination: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.0% Red Herring: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst