Speaker summary
⁠53%4 analyzed articles/videos238.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Nate Swanson results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 48.4% saturation with 91 hits. Analysis detected 613.408 faulty-reasoning hits from 238.333 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 12% and a BS Rank of ⁠16% (22,326 of 26,413 speakers). This Nate Swanson is better (less manipulative) than 84.50% of the peer group.
Nate Swanson

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

16% percentile
025507510015.5% percentile
12.0% BS Score4 analyzed videos238.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 48.4%48.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 16.0%16.0%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 13.8%13.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 10.6%10.6%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 10.6%10.6%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 18.6%18.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 10.3%10.3%

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 48.4%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 11.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 16.0%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 15.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 2.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 2.7%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 0.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 1.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos