Speaker summary
⁠67%2 analyzed articles/videos477.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kyle Williams results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Appeal to Authority, and Overconfidence Bias, with Quote-first Misdirection as the most egregious example at 23.5% saturation with 169 hits. Analysis detected 953.497 faulty-reasoning hits from 477.667 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (40,289 of 45,145 speakers). This Kyle Williams is better (less manipulative) than 89.20% of the peer group.
Kyle Williams
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠11%Kyle Williams (selected)10%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 477.667
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

11% percentile
025507510010.8% percentile
9.1% BS Score2 analyzed videos477.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 23.5%23.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 20.2%20.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 15.6%15.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 21.2%21.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.4%3.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.4%1.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 23.5%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 21.2%, sitewide 11.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 20.2%, sitewide 3.3%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 15.9%Recency Bias: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 1.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.7%Primacy Effect: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos