Speaker summary
⁠49%3 analyzed articles/videos162.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Edgar Cowan results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Slippery Slope, and Hasty Generalization, with Out-Group Homogeneity Bias as the most egregious example at 40.1% saturation with 119 hits. Analysis detected 472.833 faulty-reasoning hits from 162.333 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 19.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠31% (19,597 of 28,364 speakers). This Edgar Cowan is better (less manipulative) than 69.10% of the peer group.
Edgar Cowan
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Speaker details
Total words: 162.333
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

31% percentile
025507510030.9% percentile
19.4% BS Score3 analyzed videos162.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Speaker 40.1%40.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 19.6%19.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 37.0%37.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 32.4%32.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 17.5%17.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 21.4%21.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 9.1%9.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 12.5%12.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 12.5%12.5%

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%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 40.1%, sitewide 3.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 37.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 32.4%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 21.4%, sitewide 8.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 19.6%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 17.5%, sitewide 1.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 5.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 1.1%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos