Speaker summary
⁠40%1 analyzed article/video393 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Arden Robert results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Loss Aversion, and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 20.6% saturation with 92.798 hits. Analysis detected 596.433 faulty-reasoning hits from 393 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (25,545 of 26,730 speakers). This Arden Robert is better (less manipulative) than 95.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751004.4% percentile
6.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos393 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 20.6%20.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 10.5%10.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.7%3.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 3.5%3.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Optimism Bias: Speaker 20.6%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%Loss Aversion: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 2.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 2.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 5.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos