Author summary
79% 1 analyzed article/video 632 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Sexton results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Ad Hominem , and Politically Right Leaning Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 25% saturation with 631 hits . Analysis detected 3,486 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,528 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 82% (1,744 of 9,471 authors). This John Sexton is worse (more manipulative) than 81.60% of the peer group. John Sexton
Author details
Total words: 2,528
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
82% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 81.6% percentile 3.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 25.0% 25.0% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.6% 7.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.0% 5.0% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 12.6% 12.6% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 11.8% 11.8% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 7.6% 7.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.5% 4.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.8% 1.8% 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 7.6%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 25.0%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 17.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.0%, sitewide 15.9% Ad Hominem: Author 12.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 11.8%, sitewide 1.4% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 8.2%, sitewide 8.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 7.6%, sitewide 0.5% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Straw Man: Author 4.0%, sitewide 0.9% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Horn Effect: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.0% Recency Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 2.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst