Speaker summary
⁠76%7 analyzed articles/videos601.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ken Martin results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Optimism Bias, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 32.5% saturation with 226.361 hits. Analysis detected 1,691.08 faulty-reasoning hits from 601.667 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠10% (41,485 of 45,773 speakers). This Ken Martin is better (less manipulative) than 90.60% of the peer group.
Ken Martin
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠10%Ken Martin (selected)9%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751009.4% percentile
8.4% BS Score7 analyzed videos601.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 32.5%32.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 14.1%14.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 11.3%11.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 10.9%10.9%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 8.5%8.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 7.0%7.0%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 6.4%6.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 20.5%20.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 3.2%3.2%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 6.6%6.6%

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%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 32.5%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 20.5%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 19.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 14.1%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 11.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 6.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 6.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 1.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 6.7%Bandwagon: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 1.5%Slippery Slope: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 1.7%Special Pleading: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 2.0%Tu Quoque: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 0.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate