Author summary
18% 1 analyzed article/video 854 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt McKnight results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic , Anecdotal , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 251 hits . Analysis detected 1,158 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,416 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 20% (7,216 of 8,938 authors). This Matt McKnight is better (less manipulative) than 80.70% of the peer group. Matt McKnight
Author details
Total words: 3,416
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
19% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.3% percentile 1.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.2% 0.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.3% 7.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.2% 2.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.5% 0.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.0% 1.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.5% 0.5% 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 0.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 7.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.9% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% Horn Effect: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.0% Begging the Question: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.7% Genetic Fallacy: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.4% Composition/Division: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.2% Indoctrination: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.0% Appeal to Nature: Author 0.2%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst