Speaker summary
⁠58%1 analyzed article/video4,527.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fred Pearce results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 413.358 hits. Analysis detected 4,441.637 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,527.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (45,012 of 45,112 speakers). This Fred Pearce is better (less manipulative) than 99.80% of the peer group.
Fred Pearce
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠1%Fred Pearce (selected)2%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 4,527.333
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

0% percentile
02550751000.2% percentile
1.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos4.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 1.3%1.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.6%5.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.7%2.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 3.2%3.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 0.7%0.7%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 5.3%5.3%

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: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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