Author summary
19% 1 analyzed article/video 361 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Skeptical Science results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Confirmation Bias , and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 124 hits . Analysis detected 616 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,444 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 58% (3,787 of 8,974 authors). This Skeptical Science is worse (more manipulative) than 57.80% of the peer group. Skeptical Science
Author details
Total words: 1,444
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
58% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 57.8% percentile 2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.4K 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 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.9% 0.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.7% 0.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 7.3% 7.3% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 3.6% 3.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 4.7% 4.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 8.6% 8.6% Composition/Division Sitewide 0.2% Author 1.7% 1.7% 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 0.6%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 7.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 9.1% Optimism Bias: Author 8.6%, sitewide 6.0% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Composition/Division: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.8% False Dilemma: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.5% Hindsight Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.4% Special Pleading: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.3% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst