Speaker summary
⁠48%2 analyzed articles/videos464.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Avi Loeb results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Tu Quoque, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 13.5% saturation with 96 hits. Analysis detected 940.212 faulty-reasoning hits from 464.333 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (27,345 of 28,364 speakers). This Avi Loeb is better (less manipulative) than 96.40% of the peer group.
Avi Loeb
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Speaker details
Total words: 464.333
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751003.6% percentile
5.8% BS Score2 analyzed videos464.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 3.1%3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 4.8%4.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 13.5%13.5%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 7.6%7.6%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 8.9%8.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 14.7%14.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.3%6.3%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 6.8%6.8%

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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 4.6%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 1.5%Tu Quoque: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 0.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.8%Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 6.0%Straw Man: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 0.9%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Composition/Division: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.2%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 1.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos