Speaker summary
⁠81%2 analyzed articles/videos178 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Scola results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Ad Hominem, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 36.7% saturation with 102 hits. Analysis detected 448.102 faulty-reasoning hits from 178 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 19.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠32% (19,391 of 28,364 speakers). This John Scola is better (less manipulative) than 68.40% of the peer group.
John Scola
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Speaker details
Total words: 178
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

32% percentile
025507510031.6% percentile
19.8% BS Score2 analyzed videos178 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 54.8%54.8%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 28.3%28.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 36.7%36.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 24.2%24.2%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 15.8%15.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 9.3%9.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 6.5%6.5%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 8.6%8.6%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 4.0%4.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 54.8%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 36.7%, sitewide 19.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 28.3%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 24.2%, sitewide 8.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 0.4%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos