Speaker summary
⁠81%1 analyzed article/video339.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Nicholas Holmes results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias, Begging the Question, and Optimism Bias, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 33.7% saturation with 114.39 hits. Analysis detected 680.34 faulty-reasoning hits from 339.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 16.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠25% (21,384 of 28,364 speakers). This Nicholas Holmes is better (less manipulative) than 75.40% of the peer group.
Nicholas Holmes
Speaker details
Total words: 339.5
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

25% percentile
025507510024.6% percentile
16.1% BS Score1 analyzed videos339.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 42.1%42.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 42.5%42.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 33.7%33.7%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 13.9%13.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 18.1%18.1%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 6.2%6.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 3.9%3.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 8.6%8.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 42.5%, sitewide 4.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 42.1%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 33.7%, sitewide 3.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 6.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 1.5%Red Herring: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 0.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 9.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 0.8%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 6.7%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 0.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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