Speaker summary
29% 8 analyzed articles/videos 995.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sam Neill results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias , Optimism Bias , and Halo Effect , with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 7.7% saturation with 102 hits . Analysis detected 671.841 faulty-reasoning hits from 995.667 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,107 of 28,364 speakers). This Sam Neill is better (less manipulative) than 99.10% of the peer group. Sam Neill
Speaker details
Total words: 995.667
Article count: 8
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.9% percentile 3.4% BS Score8 analyzed videos995.7 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–25%
0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 2.6% 2.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 2.1% 2.1% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 7.6% 7.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 1.1% 1.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 9.5% 9.5% Appeal to Nature Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 2.8% 2.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 7.7% 7.7% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 3.3% 3.3% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 2.3% 2.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 4.8% 4.8% 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% Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 19.2% Optimism Bias: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 6.0% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 8.1% Anecdotal: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 5.2% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 1.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 6.7% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 3.7% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 1.1% Appeal to Nature: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.2% Primacy Effect: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.9% Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 2.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Slippery Slope: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 1.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 0.8% Indoctrination: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 0.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst