Author summary
30% 16 analyzed articles/videos 18,992 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ph.D. results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Anecdotal , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 5.9% saturation with 5,218 hits . Analysis detected 41,840 faulty-reasoning hits from 88,656 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 5% (8,207 of 8,567 authors). This Ph.D. is better (less manipulative) than 95.80% of the peer group. Ph.D.
Author details
Total words: 88,656
Article count: 16
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.2% percentile 1.0% BS Score16 analyzed articles88.7K 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 2.0% 2.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.8% 3.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.3% 1.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.2% 2.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.3% 1.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.1% 0.1% 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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Indoctrination: Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst