Speaker summary
69% 1 analyzed article/video 513.333 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 0 25 50 75 100 5.6% percentile 7.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos513.3 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Speaker SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 27.6% 27.6% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 19.9% 19.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 1.3% 1.3% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 16.7% 16.7% No True Scotsman Sitewide 0.1% Speaker 7.7% 7.7% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 11.1% 11.1% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 9.0% 9.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 4.3% 4.3% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 8.7% 8.7% Circular Reasoning Sitewide 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 Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst