Author summary
26% 1 analyzed article/video 5,924 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Robert Kagan results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Overconfidence Bias , and Pessimism Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 6.9% saturation with 1,630 hits . Analysis detected 7,941 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,696 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 4% (8,407 of 8,706 authors). This Robert Kagan is better (less manipulative) than 96.60% of the peer group. Robert Kagan
Author details
Total words: 23,696
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.4% percentile 0.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles23.7K 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 0.8% 0.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.4% 2.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.1% 0.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.1% 0.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.1% 1.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.5% 0.5% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Author 0.2% 0.2% 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 0.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.0%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.0%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst