Author summary
81% 6 analyzed articles/videos 11,124 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Thomas Germain results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Authority , and Anecdotal , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.3% saturation with 4,144 hits . Analysis detected 36,529 faulty-reasoning hits from 44,496 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 29% (6,756 of 9,471 authors). This Thomas Germain is better (less manipulative) than 71.30% of the peer group. Thomas Germain
Author details
Total words: 44,496
Article count: 6
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
29% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 28.7% percentile 1.6% BS Score6 analyzed articles44.5K 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 4.3% 4.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.7% 4.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 9.3% 9.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.2% 5.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.6% 2.6% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.4% 0.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.3% 1.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.9% 2.9% 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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 4.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.5% Indoctrination: Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% False Dilemma: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst