Speaker summary
⁠82%1 analyzed article/video108 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mark Whitney results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Halo Effect, and Overconfidence Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 108 hits. Analysis detected 349 faulty-reasoning hits from 108 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 53.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠73% (7,813 of 28,364 speakers). This Mark Whitney is worse (more manipulative) than 72.50% of the peer group.
Mark Whitney
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Speaker details
Total words: 108
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

73% percentile
025507510072.5% percentile
53.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos108 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 84.3%84.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 38.9%38.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 31.5%31.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 18.5%18.5%

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%120%120%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 0.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 84.3%, sitewide 3.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 38.9%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 31.5%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 8.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos