Speaker summary
⁠41%3 analyzed articles/videos406 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ian Lesser results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Representativeness Heuristic, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 20.4% saturation with 138 hits. Analysis detected 811.449 faulty-reasoning hits from 406 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠7% (24,601 of 26,349 speakers). This Ian Lesser is better (less manipulative) than 93.40% of the peer group.
Ian Lesser

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

7% percentile
02550751006.6% percentile
7.7% BS Score3 analyzed videos406 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 12.3%12.3%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 11.7%11.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 20.4%20.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 10.0%10.0%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 10.0%10.0%No True ScotsmanSitewide 0.1%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 6.3%6.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 7.5%7.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 9.9%9.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 4.0%4.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 11.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 2.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 3.3%Halo Effect: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 6.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 1.7%No True Scotsman: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.5%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos