Speaker summary
⁠39%1 analyzed article/video172 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Gissell Vera results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Representativeness Heuristic, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 19.3% saturation with 58 hits. Analysis detected 277.356 faulty-reasoning hits from 172 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 10% and a BS Rank of ⁠12% (25,120 of 28,364 speakers). This Gissell Vera is better (less manipulative) than 88.60% of the peer group.
Gissell Vera

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

11% percentile
025507510011.4% percentile
10.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos172 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 23.7%23.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.7%3.7%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 10.0%10.0%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 19.3%19.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 3.7%3.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 10.0%10.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 7.0%7.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 7.0%7.0%

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%Optimism Bias: Speaker 23.7%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 19.3%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 8.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 6.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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