Speaker summary
97%1 analyzed article/video34 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dr. Silver results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias and Appeal to Authority, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 67.6% saturation with 23 hits. Analysis detected 57 faulty-reasoning hits from 34 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 55.9% and a BS Rank of 74% (7,561 of 28,364 speakers). This Dr. Silver is worse (more manipulative) than 73.30% of the peer group.
Dr. Silver
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Speaker details
Total words: 34
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

73% percentile
025507510073.3% percentile
55.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos34 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 67.7%67.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 67.7%67.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 32.4%32.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Indoctrination: Speaker 67.7%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 67.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 32.4%, sitewide 11.1%IndoctrinationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos