Speaker summary
⁠83%1 analyzed article/video297.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Servaas Storm results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Slippery Slope, Appeal to Emotion, and Anecdotal, with Pessimism Bias as the most egregious example at 57.1% saturation with 169.988 hits. Analysis detected 696.167 faulty-reasoning hits from 297.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 11.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠16% (24,093 of 28,364 speakers). This Servaas Storm is better (less manipulative) than 84.90% of the peer group.
Servaas Storm
Speaker details
Total words: 297.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

15% percentile
025507510015.1% percentile
11.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos297.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 57.1%57.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 16.1%16.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 15.6%15.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 14.3%14.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 10.5%10.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 5.4%5.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 12.5%12.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 57.1%, sitewide 1.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 19.2%Slippery Slope: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 4.6%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 5.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 1.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 6.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.5%Loss Aversion: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 2.5%Special Pleading: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 0.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos