Author summary
39% 8 analyzed articles/videos 4,066 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Zac Hall results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Authority , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 15.8% saturation with 2,733 hits . Analysis detected 12,020 faulty-reasoning hits from 17,281 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 25% (4,999 of 6,602 authors). This Zac Hall is better (less manipulative) than 75.70% of the peer group. Zac Hall
Author details
Total words: 17,281
Article count: 8
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
24% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 24.3% percentile 1.8% BS Score8 analyzed articles17.3K 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 3.9% 3.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.5% 3.5% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 15.8% 15.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.8% 1.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.0% 4.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.5% 1.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.1% 0.1% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% 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 3.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.8%, sitewide 15.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 15.8%, sitewide 0.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 5.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.1% Recency Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst