Speaker summary
⁠56%1 analyzed article/video142.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wayne Swett results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Confirmation Bias, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 50% saturation with 105 hits. Analysis detected 246.814 faulty-reasoning hits from 142.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 12.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠17% (23,763 of 28,364 speakers). This Wayne Swett is better (less manipulative) than 83.80% of the peer group.
Wayne Swett
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Speaker details
Total words: 142.5
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

16% percentile
025507510016.2% percentile
12.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos142.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 0.9%0.9%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Speaker 5.2%5.2%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 7.6%7.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 3.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 0.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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