Author summary
⁠71%1 analyzed article/video278 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brian Heffernan results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Red Herring, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.6% saturation with 130 hits. Analysis detected 919 faulty-reasoning hits from 834 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠86% (817 of 5,816 authors). This Brian Heffernan is worse (more manipulative) than 86.00% of the peer group.
Brian Heffernan
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠0%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠1%Levi Sumagaysay1%
⁠1%Talmon Joseph Smith1%
⁠86%Brian Heffernan (selected)6%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 834
Article count: 1
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Attribute Prevalence (Top 48)
Brian Heffernan attribute prevalence percentages (biases/fallacies), sorted highest to lowest.
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Brian Heffernan vs sitewide
Brian Heffernan attribute percentages, with an overlaid sitewide baseline for those same attributes.

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