Author summary
47% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,096 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lance Benzel results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote , Framing Effect , and Pessimism Bias , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 17.7% saturation with 1,181 hits . Analysis detected 3,558 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,672 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 39% (3,951 of 6,394 authors). This Lance Benzel is better (less manipulative) than 61.80% of the peer group. Lance Benzel
Author details
Total words: 6,672
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
38% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 38.2% percentile 2.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.7K 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 4.4% 4.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 17.7% 17.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 10.1% 10.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.9% 0.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.2% 0.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% 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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 19.2% Optimism Bias: Author 17.7%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.7%, sitewide 11.1% Unattributed Quote: Author 10.1%, sitewide 1.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Begging the Question: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.0% Appeal to Nature: Author 0.3%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst