Speaker summary
⁠72%4 analyzed articles/videos415.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brendan Kearney results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Optimism Bias, and Anchoring Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 31.2% saturation with 129.75 hits. Analysis detected 578.5 faulty-reasoning hits from 415.5 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠7% (26,506 of 28,364 speakers). This Brendan Kearney is better (less manipulative) than 93.40% of the peer group.
Brendan Kearney
Speaker details
Total words: 415.5
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

7% percentile
02550751006.6% percentile
7.6% BS Score4 analyzed videos415.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 31.2%31.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 15.5%15.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 3.1%3.1%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 13.2%13.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 9.9%9.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 4.5%4.5%

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 31.2%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 19.2%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 15.5%, sitewide 4.0%Optimism Bias: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 6.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 1.5%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 2.2%Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.4%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos