Author summary
4% 2 analyzed articles/videos 2,700 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brandon Specktor results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic , Appeal to Emotion , and Appeal to Authority , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 3.4% saturation with 346 hits . Analysis detected 2,846 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,210 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 1% (6,308 of 6,359 authors). This Brandon Specktor is better (less manipulative) than 99.20% of the peer group. Brandon Specktor
Author details
Total words: 10,210
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.8% percentile 0.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles10.2K 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 1.3% 1.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.1% 1.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.1% 2.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.2% 0.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.6% 1.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.3% 1.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.3% 0.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.6% 0.6% 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 1.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst