Speaker summary
34%5 analyzed articles/videos445.5 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.
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Speaker details
Total words: 445.5
Article count: 5
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751001.0% percentile
3.5% BS Score5 analyzed videos445.5 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 0.6%0.6%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 9.0%9.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.6%2.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.7%2.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 5.0%5.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.7%3.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 2.0%2.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 3.7%3.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 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 AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate