Speaker summary
⁠39%1 analyzed article/video148 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Charles Maier results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Representativeness Heuristic, and Begging the Question, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 41.4% saturation with 92 hits. Analysis detected 220 faulty-reasoning hits from 148 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 17.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠29% (20,394 of 28,364 speakers). This Charles Maier is better (less manipulative) than 71.90% of the peer group.
Charles Maier
Speaker details
Total words: 148
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

28% percentile
025507510028.1% percentile
17.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos148 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 32.4%32.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 41.4%41.4%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 18.5%18.5%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 9.5%9.5%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 2.7%2.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 2.7%2.7%

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 41.4%, sitewide 11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 32.4%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 1.7%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos