Speaker summary
⁠76%1 analyzed article/video98.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hal Bastian results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 65.7% saturation with 88 hits. Analysis detected 378.086 faulty-reasoning hits from 98.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 48.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠64% (10,368 of 28,364 speakers). This Hal Bastian is worse (more manipulative) than 63.40% of the peer group.
Hal Bastian
Speaker ranking list
Speaker details
Total words: 98.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

63% percentile
025507510063.4% percentile
48.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos98.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 65.7%65.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 65.7%65.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 47.5%47.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 58.6%58.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 43.2%43.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 43.2%43.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 13.4%13.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Anecdotal: Speaker 65.7%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 65.7%, sitewide 9.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 58.6%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 47.5%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 43.2%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 43.2%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 13.4%, sitewide 3.3%AnecdotalSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos