Speaker summary
⁠63%1 analyzed article/video94.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Geoff McDonald results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Availability Heuristic, and Self-Serving Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 50% saturation with 63 hits. Analysis detected 252 faulty-reasoning hits from 94.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 28.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠46% (15,377 of 28,364 speakers). This Geoff McDonald is better (less manipulative) than 54.20% of the peer group.
Geoff McDonald
Speaker details
Total words: 94.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

46% percentile
025507510045.8% percentile
28.6% BS Score1 analyzed videos94.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 26.2%26.2%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 23.8%23.8%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 23.8%23.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 26.2%26.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 23.8%23.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 26.2%26.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 26.2%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 26.2%, sitewide 9.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 26.2%, sitewide 3.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 23.8%, sitewide 6.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 23.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 23.8%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos