Speaker summary
55% 4 analyzed articles/videos 483 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Allen results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem , Slippery Slope , and Biased Writer Voice , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 41.5% saturation with 274 hits . Analysis detected 672 faulty-reasoning hits from 483 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.8% and a BS Rank of 9% (41,446 of 45,122 speakers). This Allen is better (less manipulative) than 91.90% of the peer group. Allen
Speaker details
Total words: 483
Article count: 4
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
8% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 8.1% percentile 7.8% BS Score4 analyzed videos483 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 41.5% 41.5% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 11.8% 11.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 2.3% 2.3% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 10.2% 10.2% Personal Incredulity Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 5.9% 5.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 1.8% 1.8% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 4.7% 4.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 4.4% 4.4% Appeal to Nature Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 2.4% 2.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 5.9% 5.9% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 41.5%, sitewide 15.9% Ad Hominem: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 2.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 11.1% Slippery Slope: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 1.7% In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 4.6% Personal Incredulity: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 0.2% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.1% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 3.1% Appeal to Nature: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 0.2% Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 1.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst