Speaker summary
⁠31%3 analyzed articles/videos139.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Costello results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias and Pessimism Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 23.4% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 109 faulty-reasoning hits from 139.5 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 15.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠23% (21,916 of 28,364 speakers). This David Costello is better (less manipulative) than 77.30% of the peer group.
David Costello
Speaker details
Total words: 139.5
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

23% percentile
025507510022.7% percentile
15.2% BS Score3 analyzed videos139.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 23.4%23.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 10.5%10.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 11.7%11.7%

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 Authority: Speaker 23.4%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos