Speaker summary
⁠79%1 analyzed article/video56.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Helen Paavola results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Unattributed Quote, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 50% saturation with 46 hits. Analysis detected 159 faulty-reasoning hits from 56.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 54.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠73% (7,733 of 28,364 speakers). This Helen Paavola is worse (more manipulative) than 72.70% of the peer group.
Helen Paavola
Speaker details
Total words: 56.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

73% percentile
025507510072.7% percentile
54.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos56.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 27.2%27.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 27.2%27.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 22.8%22.8%

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%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 9.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 27.2%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 27.2%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 22.8%, sitewide 5.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos