Speaker summary
⁠67%3 analyzed articles/videos181.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mark Taylor results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 33.8% saturation with 92 hits. Analysis detected 570.75 faulty-reasoning hits from 181.333 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 18.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠30% (20,102 of 28,364 speakers). This Mark Taylor is better (less manipulative) than 70.90% of the peer group.
Mark Taylor
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Speaker details
Total words: 181.333
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

29% percentile
025507510029.1% percentile
18.4% BS Score3 analyzed videos181.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 24.3%24.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 30.3%30.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 24.3%24.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 33.8%33.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 18.2%18.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 12.1%12.1%

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%Negativity Bias: Speaker 33.8%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 30.3%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 24.3%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 24.3%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 15.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 1.7%Slippery Slope: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos