Author summary
95% 14 analyzed articles/videos 1,630 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom Chivers results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 21.1% saturation with 1,430 hits . Analysis detected 12,082 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,764 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.6% and a BS Rank of 86% (1,295 of 8,706 authors). This Tom Chivers is worse (more manipulative) than 85.10% of the peer group. Tom Chivers
Author details
Total words: 6,764
Article count: 14
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
85% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 85.1% percentile 4.6% BS Score14 analyzed articles6.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.1% 5.1% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 16.2% 16.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 18.3% 18.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 12.7% 12.7% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 9.3% 9.3% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 8.9% 8.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.7% 1.7% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Author 3.6% 3.6% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 4.1% 4.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 2.3% 2.3% 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 16.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 21.1%, sitewide 19.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 18.3%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.1%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 12.7%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 9.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 9.6%, sitewide 9.1% Pessimism Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 8.9%, sitewide 3.3% Optimism Bias: Author 7.7%, sitewide 6.0% Confirmation Bias: Author 6.7%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.7% Anecdotal: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 4.6% Recency Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 4.1%, sitewide 1.1% False Dilemma: Author 4.1%, sitewide 1.5% Anchoring Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 4.0% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.0% Slippery Slope: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst