Speaker summary
69%1 analyzed article/video513.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brian Bird results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 27.6% saturation with 149.049 hits. Analysis detected 1,214.651 faulty-reasoning hits from 513.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7% and a BS Rank of 6% (26,773 of 28,364 speakers). This Brian Bird is better (less manipulative) than 94.40% of the peer group.
Brian Bird
Speaker details
Total words: 513.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751005.6% percentile
7.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos513.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 27.6%27.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 19.9%19.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 1.3%1.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 16.7%16.7%No True ScotsmanSitewide 0.1%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 11.1%11.1%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 9.0%9.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 6.4%6.4%

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%Optimism Bias: Speaker 27.6%, sitewide 6.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 16.7%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 19.9%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 9.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 5.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%No True Scotsman: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 0.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 0.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.5%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.2%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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