Author summary
12% 1 analyzed article/video 761 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Waco Bridge results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Anecdotal , and Halo Effect , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 292 hits . Analysis detected 806 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,044 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 20% (7,591 of 9,471 authors). This The Waco Bridge is better (less manipulative) than 80.10% of the peer group. The Waco Bridge
Author details
Total words: 3,044
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.9% percentile 1.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles3K 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 0.4% 0.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.3% 1.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.1% 2.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.6% 1.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.9% 0.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.9% 0.9% 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 0.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.8%, sitewide 11.1% Optimism Bias: Author 9.6%, sitewide 6.0% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.7% Primacy Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst