Speaker summary
56% 16 analyzed articles/videos 1,780.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Adam Smith results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Appeal to Emotion , and Negativity Bias , with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 264 hits . Analysis detected 3,692.179 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,780.333 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of 2% (27,895 of 28,364 speakers). This Adam Smith is better (less manipulative) than 98.30% of the peer group. Adam Smith
Speaker details
Total words: 1,780.333
Article count: 16
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.7% percentile 4.2% BS Score16 analyzed videos1.8K 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 2.5% 2.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 10.4% 10.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 8.2% 8.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 10.5% 10.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 2.3% 2.3% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 5.8% 5.8% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 5.2% 5.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 2.0% 2.0% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 6.6% 6.6% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 2.8% 2.8% 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 2.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 7.5% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 9.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 0.8% Anecdotal: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 5.2% In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 6.9% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 3.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 6.0% False Dilemma: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 1.5% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 5.3% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 2.7% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 4.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 3.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.0% Recency Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst