Speaker summary
95%1 analyzed article/video71 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Graham Steele results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Ad Hominem, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 71 hits. Analysis detected 270.667 faulty-reasoning hits from 71 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 63.5% and a BS Rank of 77% (6,576 of 28,364 speakers). This Graham Steele is worse (more manipulative) than 76.80% of the peer group.
Graham Steele
Speaker details
Total words: 71
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

77% percentile
025507510076.8% percentile
63.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos71 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 81.2%81.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 56.3%56.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 56.3%56.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 43.7%43.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 43.7%43.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Negativity Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 81.2%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 56.3%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 56.3%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 43.7%, sitewide 1.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 43.7%, sitewide 6.9%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos