Speaker summary
74%1 analyzed article/video165 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bill Sargent results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including False Dilemma, Hasty Generalization, and Overconfidence Bias, with Pessimism Bias as the most egregious example at 30% saturation with 66 hits. Analysis detected 333.75 faulty-reasoning hits from 165 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 16.5% and a BS Rank of 26% (21,197 of 28,364 speakers). This Bill Sargent is better (less manipulative) than 74.70% of the peer group.
Bill Sargent
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Speaker details
Total words: 165
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

25% percentile
025507510025.3% percentile
16.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos165 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 30.2%30.2%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 30.0%30.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 21.1%21.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 21.4%21.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 10.4%10.4%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Speaker 10.4%10.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 10.4%10.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 12.3%12.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 9.1%9.1%

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%False Dilemma: Speaker 30.2%, sitewide 1.5%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 30.0%, sitewide 1.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 21.4%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 21.1%, sitewide 4.6%Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 0.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 9.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 1.7%False DilemmaSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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