Speaker summary
40%10 analyzed articles/videos2,290 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Eric Thomas results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Hasty Generalization, and Optimism Bias, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 7.5% saturation with 213 hits. Analysis detected 969.315 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,290 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,307 of 28,364 speakers). This Eric Thomas is better (less manipulative) than 99.80% of the peer group.
Eric Thomas
Speaker details
Total words: 2,290
Article count: 10
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

0% percentile
02550751000.2% percentile
2.0% BS Score10 analyzed videos2.3K 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 0.7%0.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 1.3%1.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 1.1%1.1%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.8%8.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 0.3%0.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 3.3%3.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 1.2%1.2%

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 0.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 0.5%False Dilemma: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Straw Man: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 0.9%Red Herring: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 0.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate