Author summary
96% 1 analyzed article/video 763 analyzed words
BS Summary: These August Letendre results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal , Indoctrination , and Availability Heuristic , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 16.7% saturation with 509 hits . Analysis detected 4,508 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,052 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 80% (1,744 of 8,632 authors). This August Letendre is worse (more manipulative) than 79.80% of the peer group. August Letendre
Author details
Total words: 3,052
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
80% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 79.8% percentile 3.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 9.4% 9.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.3% 6.3% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 10.7% 10.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.4% 5.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 10.8% 10.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 10.4% 10.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.3% 3.3% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 5.5% 5.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.2% 2.2% 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 9.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 16.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.4%, sitewide 11.1% Anecdotal: Author 10.8%, sitewide 5.2% Indoctrination: Author 10.7%, sitewide 0.0% Availability Heuristic: Author 10.4%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 10.4%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 8.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 6.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.0% Bandwagon: Author 5.9%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.4% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 4.6% False Dilemma: Author 3.8%, sitewide 1.5% Begging the Question: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.7% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst