Speaker summary
⁠85%1 analyzed article/video68 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michael Leiter results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Red Herring and Ad Hominem, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 66.2% saturation with 45 hits. Analysis detected 111 faulty-reasoning hits from 68 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 54.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠73% (7,747 of 28,364 speakers). This Michael Leiter is worse (more manipulative) than 72.70% of the peer group.
Michael Leiter
Speaker details
Total words: 68
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

73% percentile
025507510072.7% percentile
54.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos68 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 66.2%66.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 66.2%66.2%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 30.9%30.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 66.2%, sitewide 7.5%Red Herring: Speaker 66.2%, sitewide 0.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 30.9%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos