Speaker summary
⁠48%1 analyzed article/video75.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wayne Smith results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Hindsight Bias, Anecdotal, and Pessimism Bias, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 20.5% saturation with 25 hits. Analysis detected 140 faulty-reasoning hits from 75.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 17.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠28% (20,479 of 28,364 speakers). This Wayne Smith is better (less manipulative) than 72.20% of the peer group.
Wayne Smith
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Speaker details
Total words: 75.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

28% percentile
025507510027.8% percentile
17.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos75.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 41.9%41.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 20.5%20.5%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 12.3%12.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 8.2%8.2%

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%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 41.9%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 20.5%, sitewide 0.8%Anecdotal: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos