Speaker summary
⁠86%1 analyzed article/video84 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom Nichols results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, False Dilemma, and Begging the Question, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 76.4% saturation with 64.153 hits. Analysis detected 368.408 faulty-reasoning hits from 84 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 36.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠55% (12,758 of 28,364 speakers). This Tom Nichols is worse (more manipulative) than 55.00% of the peer group.
Tom Nichols
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Speaker details
Total words: 84
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

55% percentile
025507510055.0% percentile
36.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos84 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 68.0%68.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 76.4%76.4%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 40.8%40.8%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 32.0%32.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 28.8%28.8%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 28.8%28.8%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 28.8%28.8%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 28.8%28.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 44.1%44.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 13.6%13.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 76.4%, sitewide 15.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 68.0%, sitewide 1.7%Negativity Bias: Speaker 44.1%, sitewide 19.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 40.8%, sitewide 1.5%Straw Man: Speaker 32.0%, sitewide 0.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 28.8%, sitewide 0.4%Indoctrination: Speaker 28.8%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Speaker 28.8%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Speaker 28.8%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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