Author summary
47% 1 analyzed article/video 635 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rachel Osier Lindley results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Anchoring Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 12.1% saturation with 308 hits . Analysis detected 1,707 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,540 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 66% (3,174 of 9,099 authors). This Rachel Osier Lindley is worse (more manipulative) than 65.10% of the peer group. Rachel Osier Lindley
Author details
Total words: 2,540
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
65% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 65.1% percentile 2.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.5K 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 5.3% 5.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.5% 4.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.7% 8.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.4% 1.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.9% 3.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.0% 1.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.6% 0.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.8% 0.8% 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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 12.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 4.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 1.9% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Recency Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.3%, sitewide 0.8% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Bandwagon: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.0% Middle Ground: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.1% Blind-Spot Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst