Speaker summary
⁠58%1 analyzed article/video500.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dustin Adkins results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 17.9% saturation with 131 hits. Analysis detected 662.611 faulty-reasoning hits from 500.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (27,295 of 28,364 speakers). This Dustin Adkins is better (less manipulative) than 96.20% of the peer group.
Dustin Adkins
Speaker details
Total words: 500.5
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751003.8% percentile
5.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos500.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 17.9%17.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 3.3%3.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 7.3%7.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 6.2%6.2%No True ScotsmanSitewide 0.1%Speaker 6.0%6.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 12.5%12.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 9.6%9.6%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 4.9%4.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 19.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 17.9%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 0.0%No True Scotsman: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.1%Primacy Effect: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 0.1%Composition/Division: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos