Speaker summary
⁠52%4 analyzed articles/videos284.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dan Rayfield results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 29.2% saturation with 100.023 hits. Analysis detected 614.824 faulty-reasoning hits from 284.333 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠7% (26,618 of 28,364 speakers). This Dan Rayfield is better (less manipulative) than 93.80% of the peer group.
Dan Rayfield
Speaker details
Total words: 284.333
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751006.2% percentile
7.3% BS Score4 analyzed videos284.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 29.3%29.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 16.3%16.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 1.9%1.9%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 11.7%11.7%

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 Emotion: Speaker 29.3%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 16.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 8.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%Bandwagon: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 2.2%In-Group Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 6.9%Loss Aversion: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.5%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos