Speaker summary
75%1 analyzed article/video69 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michael Soyfer results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 69 hits. Analysis detected 210 faulty-reasoning hits from 69 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 60.9% and a BS Rank of 76% (6,940 of 28,364 speakers). This Michael Soyfer is worse (more manipulative) than 75.50% of the peer group.
Michael Soyfer
Speaker details
Total words: 69
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

76% percentile
025507510075.5% percentile
60.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos69 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 68.1%68.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 63.8%63.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 36.2%36.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 36.2%36.2%

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%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 68.1%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 63.8%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 36.2%, sitewide 15.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 36.2%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos