Speaker summary
⁠80%2 analyzed articles/videos285.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Walter Isaacson results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 72.3% saturation with 206.473 hits. Analysis detected 662.473 faulty-reasoning hits from 285.5 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 27.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠45% (15,841 of 28,364 speakers). This Walter Isaacson is better (less manipulative) than 55.80% of the peer group.
Walter Isaacson
Speaker details
Total words: 285.5
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

44% percentile
025507510044.2% percentile
27.4% BS Score2 analyzed videos285.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 72.3%72.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 36.9%36.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 24.6%24.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 12.3%12.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 6.0%6.0%

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 Authority: Speaker 72.3%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 36.9%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 24.6%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 3.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos