Speaker summary
28% 15 analyzed articles/videos 2,837.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These R. Eric Thomas results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Confirmation Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 225.457 hits . Analysis detected 1,314.203 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,837.667 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,338 of 28,364 speakers). This R. Eric Thomas is better (less manipulative) than 99.90% of the peer group. R. Eric Thomas
Speaker details
Total words: 2,837.667
Article count: 15
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
0% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.1% percentile 1.7% BS Score15 analyzed videos2.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 0.7% 0.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 1.0% 1.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 2.6% 2.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 0.6% 0.6% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 6.7% 6.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 3.1% 3.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 3.1% 3.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 0.3% 0.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Speaker 0.1% 0.1% 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% Framing Effect: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Indoctrination: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 2.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.5% Bandwagon: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 1.5% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 1.4% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 1.1% Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 0.6% Circular Reasoning: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 0.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst