Speaker summary
36%9 analyzed articles/videos976 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Christopher Cooper results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 11.7% saturation with 204 hits. Analysis detected 1,604.788 faulty-reasoning hits from 976 analyzed words across 9 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 4.8% and a BS Rank of 3% (28,320 of 28,995 speakers). This Christopher Cooper is better (less manipulative) than 97.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751002.3% percentile
4.8% BS Score9 analyzed videos976 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 3.8%3.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 11.7%11.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 7.6%7.6%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 5.5%5.5%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 1.8%1.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 3.2%3.2%

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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 7.5%Ad Hominem: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 5.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 1.7%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Red Herring: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 0.1%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 1.4%False Dilemma: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 1.5%Primacy Effect: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate