Speaker summary
⁠59%2 analyzed articles/videos115.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These US Department of Energy results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Bandwagon, and Confirmation Bias, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 52.4% saturation with 87 hits. Analysis detected 311 faulty-reasoning hits from 115.5 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 26.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠44% (16,102 of 28,364 speakers). This US Department of Energy is better (less manipulative) than 56.80% of the peer group.
US Department of Energy
Speaker details
Total words: 115.5
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

43% percentile
025507510043.2% percentile
26.8% BS Score2 analyzed videos115.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 52.4%52.4%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 26.5%26.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 21.1%21.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 26.5%26.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 26.5%26.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 13.3%13.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 21.1%21.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 52.4%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 26.5%, sitewide 11.1%Bandwagon: Speaker 26.5%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 26.5%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 21.1%, sitewide 19.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 21.1%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 13.3%, sitewide 1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos