Speaker summary
47%2 analyzed articles/videos56 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Steven Pinker results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 71.6% saturation with 63 hits. Analysis detected 96 faulty-reasoning hits from 56 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 37.5% and a BS Rank of 59% (17,852 of 42,596 speakers). This Steven Pinker is worse (more manipulative) than 58.10% of the peer group.
Steven Pinker
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
59%Steven Pinker (selected)38%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 56
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

58% percentile
025507510058.1% percentile
37.5% BS Score2 analyzed videos56 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 71.6%71.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 31.8%31.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 9.1%9.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Negativity Bias: Speaker 71.6%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 31.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos