Speaker summary
⁠51%1 analyzed article/video73.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rick Edwards results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 61.8% saturation with 68 hits. Analysis detected 185 faulty-reasoning hits from 73.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 24% and a BS Rank of ⁠41% (24,286 of 40,886 speakers). This Rick Edwards is better (less manipulative) than 59.40% of the peer group.
Rick Edwards
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%MARGARET BRENNAN1%
⁠0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
⁠41%Rick Edwards (selected)25%
⁠100%314 Action Fund100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 73.333
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

41% percentile
025507510040.6% percentile
24.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos73.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 61.8%61.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 30.9%30.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 30.9%30.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 12.7%12.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 12.7%12.7%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 6.4%6.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 12.7%12.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 61.8%, sitewide 3.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 30.9%, sitewide 7.5%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 30.9%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 6.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide rateSpeaker rate

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