Speaker summary
55%4 analyzed articles/videos172 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Chris Ward results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Optimism Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 47.8% saturation with 94.943 hits. Analysis detected 363.943 faulty-reasoning hits from 172 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 17.5% and a BS Rank of 28% (20,196 of 27,797 speakers). This Chris Ward is better (less manipulative) than 72.70% of the peer group.
Chris Ward
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Speaker details
Total words: 172
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

27% percentile
025507510027.3% percentile
17.5% BS Score4 analyzed videos172 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 47.8%47.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 18.7%18.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 19.5%19.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 16.4%16.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.2%2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 9.8%9.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Anecdotal: Speaker 47.8%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 19.5%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 18.7%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 8.1%AnecdotalSitewide rateSpeaker rate