Speaker summary
⁠36%1 analyzed article/video69 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Stephen Douglas results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Confirmation Bias, and Burden of Proof, with Tu Quoque as the most egregious example at 38.8% saturation with 47 hits. Analysis detected 119 faulty-reasoning hits from 69 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 14% and a BS Rank of ⁠21% (22,631 of 28,364 speakers). This Stephen Douglas is better (less manipulative) than 79.80% of the peer group.
Stephen Douglas
Speaker details
Total words: 69
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

20% percentile
025507510020.2% percentile
14.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos69 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 38.8%38.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 16.5%16.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 16.5%16.5%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 8.3%8.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 5.0%5.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 5.0%5.0%

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%Tu Quoque: Speaker 38.8%, sitewide 0.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 0.8%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 7.5%Burden of Proof: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 0.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 8.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 1.5%Tu QuoqueSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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