Speaker summary
⁠65%2 analyzed articles/videos414.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Eric Williams results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 20.8% saturation with 86.189 hits. Analysis detected 586.361 faulty-reasoning hits from 414.5 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (27,249 of 28,364 speakers). This Eric Williams is better (less manipulative) than 96.10% of the peer group.
Eric Williams
Speaker details
Total words: 414.5
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751003.9% percentile
6.1% BS Score2 analyzed videos414.5 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 8.1%8.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.9%3.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 20.8%20.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.9%3.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 6.8%6.8%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 1.7%1.7%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 20.8%, sitewide 6.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 7.5%Begging the Question: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 6.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 3.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 1.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.4%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos