Speaker summary
⁠27%1 analyzed article/video173 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alistair Speirs results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Unattributed Quote, and Self-Serving Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 12.6% saturation with 35 hits. Analysis detected 178 faulty-reasoning hits from 173 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 9.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠10% (25,623 of 28,364 speakers). This Alistair Speirs is better (less manipulative) than 90.30% of the peer group.
Alistair Speirs
Speaker details
Total words: 173
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

10% percentile
02550751009.7% percentile
9.1% BS Score1 analyzed videos173 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 12.6%12.6%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 12.6%12.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.0%5.0%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 5.0%5.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 12.6%12.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 11.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 1.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 3.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos