Speaker summary
67% 6 analyzed articles/videos 559 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Williams results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Anchoring Bias , and Overconfidence Bias , with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 22% saturation with 192 hits . Analysis detected 992.587 faulty-reasoning hits from 559 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.9% and a BS Rank of 8% (26,336 of 28,364 speakers). This John Williams is better (less manipulative) than 92.80% of the peer group. John Williams
Speaker details
Total words: 559
Article count: 6
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 7.2% percentile 7.9% BS Score6 analyzed videos559 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 24.6% 24.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 22.0% 22.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 14.5% 14.5% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Speaker 12.0% 12.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 8.4% 8.4% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 4.1% 4.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 4.9% 4.9% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 4.9% 4.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 8.4% 8.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 4.3% 4.3% 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% Optimism Bias: Speaker 24.6%, sitewide 6.0% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 22.0%, sitewide 7.5% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 14.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 4.0% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 11.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 0.8% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 8.1% Halo Effect: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 5.3% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 1.9% Loss Aversion: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 2.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.0% Begging the Question: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.9% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst