Speaker summary
31%3 analyzed articles/videos148.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sam Richards results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Unattributed Quote, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 25.3% saturation with 67 hits. Analysis detected 197 faulty-reasoning hits from 148.333 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.6% and a BS Rank of 13% (24,754 of 28,364 speakers). This Sam Richards is better (less manipulative) than 87.30% of the peer group.
Sam Richards
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

13% percentile
025507510012.7% percentile
10.6% BS Score3 analyzed videos148.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 25.3%25.3%

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 25.3%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 1.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 3.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate