Speaker summary
⁠31%1 analyzed article/video86.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hanscom Smith results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Slippery Slope, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Hindsight Bias as the most egregious example at 20% saturation with 26 hits. Analysis detected 165 faulty-reasoning hits from 86.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 18.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠29% (20,254 of 28,364 speakers). This Hanscom Smith is better (less manipulative) than 71.40% of the peer group.
Hanscom Smith
Speaker details
Total words: 86.667
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

29% percentile
025507510028.6% percentile
18.1% BS Score1 analyzed videos86.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 20.0%20.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 20.0%20.0%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 20.0%20.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 18.5%18.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 18.5%18.5%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 18.5%18.5%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 11.5%11.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 20.0%, sitewide 1.4%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 20.0%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 20.0%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos