Speaker summary
⁠28%7 analyzed articles/videos250.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Locke results contain 4 faulty reasoning types, including Composition/Division, Fundamental Attribution Error, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 43.4% saturation with 275 hits. Analysis detected 375 faulty-reasoning hits from 250.333 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 14.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠22% (22,117 of 28,364 speakers). This John Locke is better (less manipulative) than 78.00% of the peer group.
John Locke

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

22% percentile
025507510022.0% percentile
14.8% BS Score7 analyzed videos250.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 43.4%43.4%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Speaker 6.8%6.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.2%2.2%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 6.8%6.8%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 43.4%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 7.5%Composition/Division: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 0.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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The New Republic⁠72%By Osita Nwanevu⁠0%7/3/2026, 3:00:00 AM
The Rarest Treasure in Human History⁠71%
American Thinker⁠94%By Jim Cardoza⁠0%7/2/2026, 5:00:00 PM
The Essence of America Is Freedom⁠49%
City Journal⁠1%By Jeffrey H. Anderson⁠0%7/2/2026, 1:13:18 PM
From Augustine to Jefferson, the idea of separating church and state has deep religious and secular roots⁠23%
The Conversation⁠0%By Steven K. Green⁠0%7/2/2026, 5:47:58 AM
A Unified Theory of Donald Trump’s Presidency⁠51%
Washington Monthly⁠52%By Robert J. Shapiro⁠0%6/25/2026, 2:00:00 AM