Author summary
33% 5 analyzed articles/videos 3,427 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard Whittaker results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Hasty Generalization , and Appeal to Authority , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 9.4% saturation with 1,354 hits . Analysis detected 7,719 faulty-reasoning hits from 14,440 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 16% (7,730 of 9,191 authors). This Richard Whittaker is better (less manipulative) than 84.10% of the peer group. Richard Whittaker
Author details
Total words: 14,440
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
16% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 15.9% percentile 1.3% BS Score5 analyzed articles14.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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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 1.4% 1.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.9% 2.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.8% 1.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.7% 3.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 9.4% 9.4% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% 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 1.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 9.4%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 5.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst