Speaker summary
⁠70%2 analyzed articles/videos426.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Edwin Lyman results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Slippery Slope, Pessimism Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 40.3% saturation with 258 hits. Analysis detected 1,243.875 faulty-reasoning hits from 426.667 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠18% (23,408 of 28,364 speakers). This Edwin Lyman is better (less manipulative) than 82.50% of the peer group.
Edwin Lyman
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Speaker details
Total words: 426.667
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

18% percentile
025507510017.5% percentile
12.8% BS Score2 analyzed videos426.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 40.2%40.2%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 26.9%26.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 40.3%40.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 14.4%14.4%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 8.6%8.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 10.3%10.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.6%3.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 6.7%6.7%

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%Negativity Bias: Speaker 40.3%, sitewide 19.2%Slippery Slope: Speaker 40.2%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 26.9%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 15.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 1.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 5.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 7.5%Straw Man: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 0.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 8.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.2%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos