Speaker summary
48% 1 analyzed article/video 599.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scott Weidensaul results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Indoctrination , and Negativity Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 50 hits . Analysis detected 450 faulty-reasoning hits from 599.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of 4% (43,255 of 44,813 speakers). This Scott Weidensaul is better (less manipulative) than 96.50% of the peer group. Scott Weidensaul
Speaker details
Total words: 599.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.5% percentile 5.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos599.7 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% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 4.9% 4.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 6.2% 6.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 8.2% 8.2% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 7.2% 7.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 4.4% 4.4% Hindsight Bias Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 5.9% 5.9% Appeal to Nature Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 4.1% 4.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 5.4% 5.4% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 4.9% 4.9% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Speaker 4.3% 4.3% 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% Framing Effect: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 8.1% Indoctrination: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 6.0% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 1.4% False Dilemma: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 1.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 2.0% Appeal to Nature: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.2% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 4.0% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst