Speaker summary
⁠74%1 analyzed article/video218 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Spencer Bernstein results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Anecdotal, and Overconfidence Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 61.9% saturation with 149.886 hits. Analysis detected 725.426 faulty-reasoning hits from 218 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (22,720 of 28,364 speakers). This Spencer Bernstein is better (less manipulative) than 80.10% of the peer group.
Spencer Bernstein
Speaker details
Total words: 218
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

20% percentile
025507510019.9% percentile
13.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos218 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 61.9%61.9%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Speaker 21.6%21.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 23.3%23.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 26.9%26.9%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 12.8%12.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 16.8%16.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 17.1%17.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 16.7%16.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 10.3%10.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 61.9%, sitewide 0.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 26.9%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 23.3%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 21.6%, sitewide 0.2%Anecdotal: Speaker 17.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Speaker 16.7%, sitewide 6.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 7.5%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 0.3%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 5.3%Bandwagon: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 2.2%Horn Effect: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 1.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos