Speaker summary
⁠57%1 analyzed article/video341 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brett Ostrum results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Halo Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 24.3% saturation with 124 hits. Analysis detected 893.496 faulty-reasoning hits from 341 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 10.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠13% (24,669 of 28,364 speakers). This Brett Ostrum is better (less manipulative) than 87.00% of the peer group.
Brett Ostrum
Speaker ranking list
Speaker details
Total words: 341
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

13% percentile
025507510013.0% percentile
10.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos341 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 21.8%21.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 24.3%24.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 16.7%16.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.1%5.1%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 11.2%11.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 6.7%6.7%

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: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 24.3%, sitewide 6.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 21.8%, sitewide 0.8%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 19.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 16.7%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 15.9%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 2.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 5.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 0.0%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 3.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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