Speaker summary
⁠68%2 analyzed articles/videos634 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Daniel Swain results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Overconfidence Bias, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 32.5% saturation with 306 hits. Analysis detected 1,532.852 faulty-reasoning hits from 634 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠9% (25,956 of 28,364 speakers). This Daniel Swain is better (less manipulative) than 91.50% of the peer group.
Daniel Swain
Speaker details
Total words: 634
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751008.5% percentile
8.6% BS Score2 analyzed videos634 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 32.5%32.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 19.7%19.7%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 12.8%12.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 23.5%23.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 20.1%20.1%

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%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 32.5%, sitewide 0.8%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 23.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 20.1%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 19.7%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 2.5%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 4.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide rateSpeaker rate

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