Speaker summary
93% 1 analyzed article/video 253 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kosmas results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal , Self-Serving Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 26.5% saturation with 67 hits . Analysis detected 508 faulty-reasoning hits from 253 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 11.2% and a BS Rank of 14% (24,408 of 28,364 speakers). This Kosmas is better (less manipulative) than 86.10% of the peer group. Kosmas
Speaker details
Total words: 253
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 13.9% percentile 11.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos253 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Speaker SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 26.5% 26.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 24.9% 24.9% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 22.1% 22.1% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 8.7% 8.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 11.1% 11.1% Special Pleading Sitewide 0.3% Speaker 7.9% 7.9% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 8.7% 8.7% Fundamental Attribution E… Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 9.5% 9.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 10.7% 10.7% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 7.1% 7.1% 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 26.5%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Speaker 24.9%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 22.1%, sitewide 3.7% Negativity Bias: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 19.2% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 4.6% Halo Effect: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 6.7% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 8.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 2.7% In-Group Bias: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 6.9% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 9.1% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 4.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 5.3% Burden of Proof: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 0.4% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 1.9% Special Pleading: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 0.3% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.1% Recency Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 2.7% Tu Quoque: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst