Speaker summary
73%1 analyzed article/video269.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wayne Unger results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Recency Bias, Slippery Slope, and Appeal to Authority, with Tu Quoque as the most egregious example at 34.3% saturation with 89.783 hits. Analysis detected 585.065 faulty-reasoning hits from 269.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 14.5% and a BS Rank of 22% (22,315 of 28,364 speakers). This Wayne Unger is better (less manipulative) than 78.70% of the peer group.
Wayne Unger
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Speaker details
Total words: 269.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

21% percentile
025507510021.3% percentile
14.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos269.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 34.3%34.3%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 23.6%23.6%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 20.9%20.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 13.3%13.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 22.5%22.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 12.8%12.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 4.9%4.9%

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%Tu Quoque: Speaker 34.3%, sitewide 0.2%Slippery Slope: Speaker 23.6%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 22.5%, sitewide 11.1%Recency Bias: Speaker 20.9%, sitewide 2.7%Negativity Bias: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 19.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 13.3%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 9.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 4.6%Tu QuoqueSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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