Speaker summary
69%1 analyzed article/video449.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tahir Atwater results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Loss Aversion, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 52.8% saturation with 267 hits. Analysis detected 1,289.25 faulty-reasoning hits from 449.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 12.4% and a BS Rank of 17% (23,630 of 28,364 speakers). This Tahir Atwater is better (less manipulative) than 83.30% of the peer group.
Tahir Atwater
Speaker details
Total words: 449.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

17% percentile
025507510016.7% percentile
12.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos449.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 52.8%52.8%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 21.1%21.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 13.2%13.2%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 8.6%8.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 8.6%8.6%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 8.9%8.9%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 6.7%6.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 52.8%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 28.2%, sitewide 26.9%Loss Aversion: Speaker 21.1%, sitewide 2.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 19.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 1.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 9.1%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 4.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 0.4%Slippery Slope: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 1.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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