Speaker summary
⁠78%1 analyzed article/video126 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Benjy Caplan results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Pessimism Bias, and In-Group Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 62.8% saturation with 79.125 hits. Analysis detected 261.875 faulty-reasoning hits from 126 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 25.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (16,084 of 27,567 speakers). This Benjy Caplan is better (less manipulative) than 58.30% of the peer group.
Benjy Caplan
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Speaker details
Total words: 126
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

42% percentile
025507510041.7% percentile
25.8% BS Score1 analyzed videos126 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 62.8%62.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 36.3%36.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 18.4%18.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 17.3%17.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 14.3%14.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 17.3%17.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 14.3%14.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 62.8%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 36.3%, sitewide 6.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 18.4%, sitewide 1.9%In-Group Bias: Speaker 17.3%, sitewide 6.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 17.3%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos