Speaker summary
⁠53%1 analyzed article/video231 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Openshaw results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Status Quo Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 26.3% saturation with 90 hits. Analysis detected 422.704 faulty-reasoning hits from 231 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 9.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (25,270 of 28,364 speakers). This John Openshaw is better (less manipulative) than 89.10% of the peer group.
John Openshaw
Speaker details
Total words: 231
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

11% percentile
025507510010.9% percentile
9.8% BS Score1 analyzed videos231 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 21.6%21.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 26.3%26.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 10.7%10.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 12.6%12.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 8.5%8.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 4.4%4.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 9.7%9.7%

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 26.3%, sitewide 11.1%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 21.6%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 0.8%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 5.2%Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 0.4%Recency Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos