Author summary
29% 2 analyzed articles/videos 839 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Spencer Kimball results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause) , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 299 hits . Analysis detected 1,924 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,949 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 50% (3,179 of 6,359 authors). This Spencer Kimball is worse (more manipulative) than 50.00% of the peer group. Spencer Kimball
Author details
Total words: 2,949
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
50% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 50.0% percentile 2.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.9K 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 10.1% 10.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.2% 7.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.7% 6.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.6% 0.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.8% 3.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 9.3% 9.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.2% 2.2% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% 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 10.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 7.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.8%, sitewide 11.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 9.3%, sitewide 3.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.1% Begging the Question: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst