Speaker summary
⁠56%2 analyzed articles/videos1,930 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ben Wikler results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Optimism Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 15.3% saturation with 297.303 hits. Analysis detected 1,801.616 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,930 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠3% (44,093 of 45,122 speakers). This Ben Wikler is better (less manipulative) than 97.70% of the peer group.
Ben Wikler
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠3%Ben Wikler (selected)5%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 1,930
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751002.3% percentile
4.4% BS Score2 analyzed videos1.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 15.3%15.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 3.0%3.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 11.0%11.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 5.0%5.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 11.6%11.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 4.1%4.1%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 1.8%1.8%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 15.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 2.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 5.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 1.4%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 0.1%Straw Man: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.9%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 0.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos