Speaker summary
⁠92%4 analyzed articles/videos75.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Live Science results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Biased Writer Voice, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 95.1% saturation with 92.21 hits. Analysis detected 345.451 faulty-reasoning hits from 75.333 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 47.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠63% (10,524 of 28,364 speakers). This Live Science is worse (more manipulative) than 62.90% of the peer group.
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

63% percentile
025507510062.9% percentile
47.2% BS Score4 analyzed videos75.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 95.1%95.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 79.6%79.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 39.5%39.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 29.6%29.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 19.8%19.8%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 19.8%19.8%

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%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 95.1%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 79.6%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 39.5%, sitewide 5.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 29.6%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 19.8%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Speaker 19.8%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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