Speaker summary
⁠73%3 analyzed articles/videos218 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alister F. Martin results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Indoctrination, and Appeal to Authority, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 22.7% saturation with 66 hits. Analysis detected 417.67 faulty-reasoning hits from 218 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 14% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (20,853 of 25,915 speakers). This Alister F. Martin is better (less manipulative) than 80.50% of the peer group.
Alister F. Martin

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

20% percentile
025507510019.5% percentile
14.0% BS Score3 analyzed videos218 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 19.9%19.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 16.8%16.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 22.7%22.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 27.4%27.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 10.0%10.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 12.4%12.4%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 10.0%10.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 18.2%18.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 6.2%6.2%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 27.4%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 22.7%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 19.9%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 11.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 4.6%Loss Aversion: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Primacy Effect: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos