Speaker summary
55%8 analyzed articles/videos380.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tim Cook results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Unattributed Quote, and Appeal to Emotion, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 35.4% saturation with 169.403 hits. Analysis detected 1,085.536 faulty-reasoning hits from 380.333 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.2% and a BS Rank of 10% (25,278 of 27,994 speakers). This Tim Cook is better (less manipulative) than 90.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

10% percentile
02550751009.7% percentile
9.2% BS Score8 analyzed videos380.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 35.4%35.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 20.6%20.6%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 15.5%15.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 15.3%15.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 11.5%11.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.6%3.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.2%2.2%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 35.4%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 20.6%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 15.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 15.5%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 3.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 4.6%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 6.7%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.6%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 3.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate