Speaker summary
34% 5 analyzed articles/videos 445.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Roberts results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Unattributed Quote , and Pessimism Bias , with Status Quo Bias as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 66 hits . Analysis detected 431 faulty-reasoning hits from 445.5 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,077 of 28,364 speakers). This Roberts is better (less manipulative) than 99.00% of the peer group. Roberts
Speaker details
Total words: 445.5
Article count: 5
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.0% percentile 3.5% BS Score5 analyzed videos445.5 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Speaker SitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 0.6% 0.6% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 9.0% 9.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 2.6% 2.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 4.5% 4.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 2.7% 2.7% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 5.0% 5.0% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 3.7% 3.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 2.0% 2.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 3.7% 3.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 1.6% 1.6% 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 0.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 9.1% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 2.2% Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 6.0% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 6.7% Anecdotal: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 5.2% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 1.1% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 1.9% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Begging the Question: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 1.7% Circular Reasoning: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 0.1% Appeal to Nature: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.2% False Dilemma: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 1.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst