Author summary
49% 1 analyzed article/video 1,404 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Paul R. Pillar results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Negativity Bias , and Post Hoc (False Cause) , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 8.4% saturation with 469 hits . Analysis detected 3,662 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,616 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 58% (3,743 of 8,764 authors). This Paul R. Pillar is worse (more manipulative) than 57.30% of the peer group. Paul R. Pillar
Author details
Total words: 5,616
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
57% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 57.3% percentile 2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.0% 2.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.8% 6.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.5% 0.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.1% 2.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.2% 1.2% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 8.3% 8.3% 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: Author 0.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.3%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 0.5%, sitewide 5.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.8%, sitewide 3.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% False Dilemma: Author 3.8%, sitewide 1.5% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 2.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.1% Begging the Question: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.7% Indoctrination: Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.0% Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.9% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.1% Hindsight Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst