Speaker summary
42%7 analyzed articles/videos172 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Food and Drug Administration (FDA) results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Optimism Bias, and Begging the Question, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 50.7% saturation with 151 hits. Analysis detected 300 faulty-reasoning hits from 172 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 14.4% and a BS Rank of 21% (20,695 of 26,053 speakers). This Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is better (less manipulative) than 79.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

21% percentile
025507510020.6% percentile
14.4% BS Score7 analyzed videos172 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 50.7%50.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 10.7%10.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 3.4%3.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 8.7%8.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 50.7%, sitewide 11.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 6.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 7.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate