Author summary
25% 10 analyzed articles/videos 13,553 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Stephen Clark results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Framing Effect , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 3,936 hits . Analysis detected 23,125 faulty-reasoning hits from 54,212 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 5% (8,792 of 9,192 authors). This Stephen Clark is better (less manipulative) than 95.60% of the peer group. Stephen Clark
Author details
Total words: 54,212
Article count: 10
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.4% percentile 0.9% BS Score10 analyzed articles54.2K 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 2.4% 2.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.6% 2.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.5% 1.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.0% 1.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.1% 1.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.4% 0.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.0% 2.0% 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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 7.3%, sitewide 6.0% In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.0%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst