Speaker summary
68%7 analyzed articles/videos913.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brad Cooper results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Hasty Generalization, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 28.8% saturation with 263.476 hits. Analysis detected 1,114.208 faulty-reasoning hits from 913.333 analyzed words across 7 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 5.6% and a BS Rank of 4% (27,425 of 28,364 speakers). This Brad Cooper is better (less manipulative) than 96.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

3% percentile
02550751003.3% percentile
5.6% BS Score7 analyzed videos913.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 28.9%28.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.9%3.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 3.3%3.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.7%2.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 3.4%3.4%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 2.5%2.5%

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%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 28.9%, sitewide 4.6%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 3.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.4%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 0.6%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 1.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate