Author summary
66% 3 analyzed articles/videos 1,575 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Shannon Larson results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Negativity Bias , and Availability Heuristic , with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 12.3% saturation with 922 hits . Analysis detected 4,580 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,466 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 35% (5,734 of 8,802 authors). This Shannon Larson is better (less manipulative) than 65.10% of the peer group. Shannon Larson
Author details
Total words: 7,466
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
35% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 34.9% percentile 1.8% BS Score3 analyzed articles7.5K 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 1.5% 1.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.2% 5.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 7.6% 7.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 12.3% 12.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.9% 4.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.2% 1.2% 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 1.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.6%, sitewide 15.9% Halo Effect: Author 12.3%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% False Dilemma: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.7% Hindsight Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst