Author summary
68% 11 analyzed articles/videos 17,313 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom O'Connor results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Confirmation Bias , and Post Hoc (False Cause) , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 4,616 hits . Analysis detected 52,071 faulty-reasoning hits from 69,252 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 22% (6,672 of 8,529 authors). This Tom O'Connor is better (less manipulative) than 78.20% of the peer group. Tom O'Connor
Author details
Total words: 69,252
Article count: 11
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
22% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 21.8% percentile 1.5% BS Score11 analyzed articles69.3K 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 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.7% 6.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.2% 1.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 4.0% 4.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.0% 2.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.5% 1.5% 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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.1%, sitewide 3.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.5% Loss Aversion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst