Speaker summary
⁠50%2 analyzed articles/videos702 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Seth Jones results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Overconfidence Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 13.4% saturation with 95.214 hits. Analysis detected 788.455 faulty-reasoning hits from 702 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠3% (27,553 of 28,364 speakers). This Seth Jones is better (less manipulative) than 97.10% of the peer group.
Seth Jones
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

3% percentile
02550751002.9% percentile
5.2% BS Score2 analyzed videos702 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 1.4%1.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 9.0%9.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 13.4%13.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 6.3%6.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.5%5.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 10.2%10.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Dunning-Kruger EffectSitewide 0.1%Speaker 2.6%2.6%

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 1.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 13.4%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 3.3%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 8.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.4%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 5.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 0.8%Red Herring: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Dunning-Kruger Effect: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 1.5%Composition/Division: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos