Author summary
15% 1 analyzed article/video 585 analyzed words
BS Summary: These William J. Ford results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Appeal to Authority , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 143 hits . Analysis detected 880 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,340 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 59% (3,805 of 9,092 authors). This William J. Ford is worse (more manipulative) than 58.20% of the peer group. William J. Ford
Author details
Total words: 2,340
Article count: 1
Publications
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58% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 58.2% percentile 2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.3K 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 6.1% 6.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.2% 5.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.2% 1.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.8% 0.8% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 1.4% 1.4% Fundamental Attribution E… Sitewide 2.7% 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 6.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 6.1%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Loss Aversion: Author 3.2%, sitewide 2.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.2% Indoctrination: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.1% Sunk Cost Effect: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.3% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst