BS Summary: These Phil Helsel results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Emotion, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 19.4% saturation with 337 hits. Analysis detected 1,092 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,740 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (1,340 of 4,693 authors). This Phil Helsel is worse (more manipulative) than 71.50% of the peer group.
Phil Helsel
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Sophia Gates0%
⁠0%SIMRAN PARWANI0%
⁠0%SILVIA STELLACCI0%
⁠1%Sergey Radchenko0%
⁠1%Robert Lloyd0%
⁠72%Phil Helsel (selected)5%
⁠100%Kanoko Matsuyama54%
⁠100%Alex Horton56%
⁠100%Zahara Hill58%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt70%
⁠100%Bill Radke70%
Author details
Total words: 1,740
Article count: 1
Publications
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Attribute Prevalence (Top 48)
Phil Helsel attribute prevalence percentages (biases/fallacies), sorted highest to lowest.
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Phil Helsel vs All Other Publications
Phil Helsel attribute percentages, with an overlaid baseline for all publications (Overall) for those same attributes.
Randolph Mantooth⁠18%
NBC News⁠37%By Bill Feather⁠38% Phil Helsel⁠37%7/11/2026, 4:07:18 AM