Speaker summary
59% 8 analyzed articles/videos 459.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Robert Tracy results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection , Self-Serving Bias , and Framing Effect , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 20% saturation with 118.46 hits . Analysis detected 1,359.715 faulty-reasoning hits from 459.333 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.7% and a BS Rank of 6% (26,917 of 28,364 speakers). This Robert Tracy is better (less manipulative) than 94.90% of the peer group. Robert Tracy
Speaker details
Total words: 459.333
Article count: 8
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.1% percentile 6.7% BS Score8 analyzed videos459.3 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 13.8% 13.8% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Speaker 16.0% 16.0% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 11.3% 11.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 8.8% 8.8% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 11.3% 11.3% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 9.1% 9.1% No True Scotsman Sitewide 0.1% Speaker 6.3% 6.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 2.4% 2.4% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 6.1% 6.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 20.0% 20.0% 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% Framing Effect: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 20.0%, sitewide 15.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 19.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 16.0%, sitewide 3.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 0.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 3.7% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 11.1% Begging the Question: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 1.7% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 9.1% Anecdotal: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 5.2% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 6.9% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 4.6% No True Scotsman: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 3.3% False Dilemma: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 1.5% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.9% Indoctrination: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst