Speaker summary
⁠54%1 analyzed article/video316 analyzed words
BS Summary: These James Lucas results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Framing Effect, and Begging the Question, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 30.9% saturation with 144 hits. Analysis detected 907.587 faulty-reasoning hits from 316 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (23,209 of 28,364 speakers). This James Lucas is better (less manipulative) than 81.80% of the peer group.
James Lucas
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Speaker details
Total words: 316
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

18% percentile
025507510018.2% percentile
13.1% BS Score1 analyzed videos316 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 30.9%30.9%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 20.6%20.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 25.2%25.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 8.8%8.8%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 11.2%11.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.8%8.8%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 8.8%8.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 10.9%10.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 32.7%32.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 16.1%16.1%

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 32.7%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 30.9%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 25.2%, sitewide 7.5%Begging the Question: Speaker 20.6%, sitewide 1.7%Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 15.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 4.6%Halo Effect: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 6.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 0.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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