Speaker summary
68% 1 analyzed article/video 316 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wallace results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Special Pleading , Status Quo Bias , and Availability Heuristic , with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 19.9% saturation with 63 hits . Analysis detected 280 faulty-reasoning hits from 316 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.9% and a BS Rank of 11% (40,340 of 44,966 speakers). This Wallace is better (less manipulative) than 89.70% of the peer group. Wallace
Speaker details
Total words: 316
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 10.3% percentile 8.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos316 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–25%
0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 19.9% 19.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 5.4% 5.4% Special Pleading Sitewide 0.3% Speaker 10.8% 10.8% Composition/Division Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 9.5% 9.5% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 10.8% 10.8% Appeal to Nature Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 4.1% 4.1% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 5.4% 5.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 9.2% 9.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 4.1% 4.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 9.5% 9.5% 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% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 19.9%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 11.1% Special Pleading: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 0.3% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 2.2% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 9.1% Composition/Division: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 0.2% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 1.9% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 4.6% Appeal to Nature: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst