Speaker summary
⁠77%1 analyzed article/video226.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Eric Balaban results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Indoctrination, and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 45.4% saturation with 137 hits. Analysis detected 390.375 faulty-reasoning hits from 226.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 18.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠29% (20,141 of 28,364 speakers). This Eric Balaban is better (less manipulative) than 71.00% of the peer group.
Eric Balaban
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Speaker details
Total words: 226.5
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

29% percentile
025507510029.0% percentile
18.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos226.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 45.4%45.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.6%4.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 19.9%19.9%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 13.3%13.3%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 13.3%13.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 15.2%15.2%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 45.4%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 19.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 19.9%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 13.3%, sitewide 6.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 13.3%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos