Speaker summary
⁠54%1 analyzed article/video417 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Nicholas Epley results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Negativity Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 22.8% saturation with 108.683 hits. Analysis detected 947.321 faulty-reasoning hits from 417 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (26,937 of 28,364 speakers). This Nicholas Epley is better (less manipulative) than 95.00% of the peer group.
Nicholas Epley
Speaker details
Total words: 417
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751005.0% percentile
6.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos417 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 22.8%22.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 11.5%11.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 11.0%11.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 14.1%14.1%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 7.6%7.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 3.4%3.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.0%2.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 22.8%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 19.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 14.1%, sitewide 9.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 0.4%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Bandwagon: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 2.2%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 0.2%Special Pleading: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 0.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

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