Speaker summary
48% 7 analyzed articles/videos 585.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mark Lanier results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias , Self-Serving Bias , and Confirmation Bias , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 20.7% saturation with 189 hits . Analysis detected 1,075.154 faulty-reasoning hits from 585.333 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.8% and a BS Rank of 11% (23,549 of 26,450 speakers). This Mark Lanier is better (less manipulative) than 89.00% of the peer group. Mark Lanier
Speaker details
Total words: 585.333
Article count: 7
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
11% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 11.0% percentile 9.8% BS Score7 analyzed videos585.3 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–25%
0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 20.3% 20.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 20.3% 20.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 20.7% 20.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 19.5% 19.5% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 12.2% 12.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 6.4% 6.4% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 8.8% 8.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 5.3% 5.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 2.3% 2.3% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 5% 5% 10% 10% 15% 15% 20% 20% 25% 25% Optimism Bias: Speaker 20.7%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 20.3%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 20.3%, sitewide 3.7% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 19.5%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 15.9% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 1.1% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 9.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 0.0% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 8.1% Anecdotal: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 5.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 3.3% Straw Man: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst