Speaker summary
⁠73%3 analyzed articles/videos327 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ben Affleck results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 37.6% saturation with 190 hits. Analysis detected 865.274 faulty-reasoning hits from 327 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 13.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (22,976 of 28,364 speakers). This Ben Affleck is better (less manipulative) than 81.00% of the peer group.
Ben Affleck
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Speaker details
Total words: 327
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

19% percentile
025507510019.0% percentile
13.5% BS Score3 analyzed videos327 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 37.6%37.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 21.5%21.5%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 18.8%18.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 13.7%13.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 17.3%17.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 16.6%16.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.3%6.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 2.2%2.2%

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%Optimism Bias: Speaker 37.6%, sitewide 6.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 17.3%, sitewide 26.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 21.5%, sitewide 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 18.8%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 16.6%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.5%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 6.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 13.7%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.8%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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