Author summary
43% 3 analyzed articles/videos 3,952 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Nate Anderson results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Self-Serving Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.6% saturation with 824 hits . Analysis detected 7,485 faulty-reasoning hits from 14,783 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 16% (7,710 of 9,148 authors). This Nate Anderson is better (less manipulative) than 84.30% of the peer group. Nate Anderson
Author details
Total words: 14,783
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
16% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 15.7% percentile 1.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles14.8K 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 2.3% 2.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.6% 5.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.8% 3.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.6% 1.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.2% 1.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.3% 0.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.2% 1.2% 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 2.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 3.7% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Ad Hominem: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst