Author summary
9% 1 analyzed article/video 1,013 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ben Thompson results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Emotion , and Availability Heuristic , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 3.1% saturation with 125 hits . Analysis detected 1,050 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,052 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 7% (8,892 of 9,471 authors). This Ben Thompson is better (less manipulative) than 93.90% of the peer group. Ben Thompson
Author details
Total words: 4,052
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.1% percentile 1.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 3.1% 3.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.2% 1.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.3% 2.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.8% 0.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% 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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.5% Straw Man: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.9% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.3%, sitewide 0.8% Sunk Cost Effect: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.3% Actor-Observer Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.6% No True Scotsman: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst