Author summary
39% 2 analyzed articles/videos 2,595 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sam Whitehead results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Anecdotal , and Pessimism Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7% saturation with 542 hits . Analysis detected 4,150 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,785 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 36% (6,120 of 9,471 authors). This Sam Whitehead is better (less manipulative) than 64.60% of the peer group. Sam Whitehead
Author details
Total words: 7,785
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
35% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 35.4% percentile 1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles7.8K 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 6.3% 6.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.1% 3.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.0% 7.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.2% 0.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.6% 3.6% 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 6.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 1.9% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.3% Slippery Slope: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% Indoctrination: Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.0% Begging the Question: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst