Author summary
46% 2 analyzed articles/videos 2,555 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Paul Hockenos results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Authority , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.7% saturation with 579 hits . Analysis detected 6,446 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,220 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 20% (6,984 of 8,712 authors). This Paul Hockenos is better (less manipulative) than 80.20% of the peer group. Paul Hockenos
Author details
Total words: 10,220
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.8% percentile 1.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles10.2K 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 4.4% 4.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.7% 5.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.3% 3.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.0% 2.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.1% 5.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.6% 2.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 3.0% 3.0% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.5% 0.5% 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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst