Speaker summary
42% 33 analyzed articles/videos 375.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Authorities results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Availability Heuristic , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 47.4% saturation with 349 hits . Analysis detected 1,549.754 faulty-reasoning hits from 375.333 analyzed words across 33 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 11.2% and a BS Rank of 15% (24,370 of 28,364 speakers). This Authorities is better (less manipulative) than 85.90% of the peer group. Authorities
Speaker details
Total words: 375.333
Content count: 33
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 14.1% percentile 11.2% BS Score33 analyzed videos375.3 analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 47.4% 47.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 11.9% 11.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 32.3% 32.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 20.8% 20.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 26.5% 26.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 13.4% 13.4% Fundamental Attribution E… Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 8.0% 8.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 11.5% 11.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 2.9% 2.9% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% 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 Authority: Speaker 47.4%, sitewide 11.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 32.3%, sitewide 19.2% Framing Effect: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 26.5%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 20.8%, sitewide 9.1% Anecdotal: Speaker 13.4%, sitewide 5.2% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 7.5% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 8.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 2.7% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 4.6% Halo Effect: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 6.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 3.3% Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.4% Horn Effect: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.8% Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.4% Indoctrination: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 1.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst