Speaker summary
⁠74%1 analyzed article/video351 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sam Lyman results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Overconfidence Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 54.4% saturation with 223.659 hits. Analysis detected 1,792.53 faulty-reasoning hits from 351 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 14.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠22% (20,622 of 26,155 speakers). This Sam Lyman is better (less manipulative) than 78.80% of the peer group.
Sam Lyman
Speaker details
Total words: 351
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

21% percentile
025507510021.2% percentile
14.6% BS Score1 analyzed videos351 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 54.4%54.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 42.8%42.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 37.4%37.4%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 21.4%21.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 20.2%20.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 21.4%21.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 12.6%12.6%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Speaker 11.6%11.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 6.6%6.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 54.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 42.8%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 37.4%, sitewide 4.6%Framing Effect: Speaker 27.2%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 21.4%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 21.4%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 20.2%, sitewide 0.8%Negativity Bias: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 13.7%, sitewide 11.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 3.1%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 2.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 6.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 1.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 6.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 0.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 1.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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