Speaker summary
⁠37%1 analyzed article/video49.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Nicholas Sims-Williams results contain 4 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Overconfidence Bias, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 50% saturation with 37 hits. Analysis detected 148 faulty-reasoning hits from 49.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 50% and a BS Rank of ⁠69% (13,550 of 42,832 speakers). This Nicholas Sims-Williams is worse (more manipulative) than 68.40% of the peer group.
Nicholas Sims-Williams
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠69%Nicholas Sims-Williams (selected)50%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 49.333
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

68% percentile
025507510068.4% percentile
50.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos49.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos