Speaker summary
⁠32%1 analyzed article/video93 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Eric Vandenburg results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias and Quote-first Misdirection, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 40.7% saturation with 59 hits. Analysis detected 101 faulty-reasoning hits from 93 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 23.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠38% (17,735 of 28,364 speakers). This Eric Vandenburg is better (less manipulative) than 62.50% of the peer group.
Eric Vandenburg
Speaker details
Total words: 93
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

38% percentile
025507510037.5% percentile
23.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos93 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 40.7%40.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 13.1%13.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 15.9%15.9%

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 40.7%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 15.9%, sitewide 6.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos