Speaker summary
⁠77%2 analyzed articles/videos124.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jim McDonald results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Optimism Bias, and Indoctrination, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 43.9% saturation with 62.072 hits. Analysis detected 282.767 faulty-reasoning hits from 124.667 analyzed words across 2 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 22.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠37% (18,021 of 28,364 speakers). This Jim McDonald is better (less manipulative) than 63.50% of the peer group.
Jim McDonald
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Speaker details
Total words: 124.667
Content count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

37% percentile
025507510036.5% percentile
22.6% BS Score2 analyzed videos124.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 43.9%43.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 28.6%28.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 28.0%28.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 26.5%26.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 24.0%24.0%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Blind-Spot BiasSitewide 0.2%Speaker 3.5%3.5%

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 Authority: Speaker 43.9%, sitewide 11.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 28.6%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 28.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 26.5%, sitewide 4.0%Optimism Bias: Speaker 24.0%, sitewide 6.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 2.5%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos