Speaker summary
52%71 analyzed articles/videos2,438.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Elon Musk results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Pessimism Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 6.4% saturation with 280 hits. Analysis detected 4,199.574 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,438.667 analyzed words across 71 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 1% (25,722 of 25,889 speakers). This Elon Musk is better (less manipulative) than 99.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751000.6% percentile
3.0% BS Score71 analyzed videos2.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 1.3%1.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.0%6.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 8.0%8.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.7%2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.4%6.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.6%2.6%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 4.6%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 0.8%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 5.3%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 1.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 2.2%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

SpaceX Stock Hits All-Time Low of $11580%
Futurism88%By Victor Tangermann83%7/22/2026, 7:06:44 PM
AI takeover vs. immigration takeover: Something’s gotta give56%
American Thinker93%By Joanna Rosamond0%7/22/2026, 12:00:00 AM
SpaceX Is Learning a Nasty Lesson About Going Public When Your Main Product Is Experimental78%
Futurism88%By Victor Tangermann83%7/20/2026, 10:30:00 PM
MMAI! Watch the moment a robot is DECAPITATED during a brutal humanoid cage fight – yet keeps fighting76%
Daily Mail Online78%By SHIVALI BEST78% SCIENCE94% TECHNOLOGY EDITOR94%7/20/2026, 12:38:57 PM
‘Dr. Doom’ Nouriel Roubini says we’re headed for universal basic income or ‘some form of socialism’ as AI revolutionizes work—He calls that optimistic66%
Fortune53%By Jason Ma77%7/18/2026, 10:30:44 PM
Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out67%
TechCrunch44%By Connie Loizos23%7/18/2026, 4:47:25 AM
Elon Musk Isn’t a Trillionaire Anymore, Says Forbes — SpaceX Stock Dropped After Aborted Launch63%
Mediaite70%By Sarah Rumpf42%7/18/2026, 12:58:35 AM
SpaceX Eager to Support the Pentagon’s Lethal AI Models72%
Futurism88%By Frank Landymore68%7/17/2026, 9:50:00 PM
SpaceX’s Shares Tank After Starship Fails to Launch89%
Futurism88%By Victor Tangermann83%7/17/2026, 2:47:45 PM
SpaceX Starship Flight Test 13 takes issue with the 'flight' bit63%
The Register36%7/17/2026, 11:15:00 AM