Speaker summary
36%2 analyzed articles/videos54 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Serena Williams results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Burden of Proof, Optimism Bias, and Status Quo Bias, with Begging the Question as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 7 hits. Analysis detected 40 faulty-reasoning hits from 54 analyzed words across 2 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 12.3% and a BS Rank of 17% (22,400 of 26,781 speakers). This Serena Williams is better (less manipulative) than 83.60% of the peer group.
Serena Williams

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

16% percentile
025507510016.4% percentile
12.3% BS Score2 analyzed videos54 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 11.1%11.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 11.1%11.1%

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%Begging the Question: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 1.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 0.4%Optimism Bias: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 6.0%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 6.7%Begging the QuestionSitewide rateSpeaker rate