Speaker summary
52%2 analyzed articles/videos245.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Shu results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Negativity Bias, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Burden of Proof as the most egregious example at 23.5% saturation with 112 hits. Analysis detected 865.817 faulty-reasoning hits from 245.333 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 13.7% and a BS Rank of 20% (22,845 of 28,364 speakers). This John Shu is better (less manipulative) than 80.50% of the peer group.
John Shu
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Speaker details
Total words: 245.333
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

20% percentile
025507510019.5% percentile
13.7% BS Score2 analyzed videos245.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 23.5%23.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 31.0%31.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 28.9%28.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 18.5%18.5%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 11.3%11.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 18.1%18.1%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 5.9%5.9%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 6.1%6.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 7.1%7.1%

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%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 31.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 28.9%, sitewide 7.5%Burden of Proof: Speaker 23.5%, sitewide 0.4%Negativity Bias: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 19.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 15.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 2.2%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 0.6%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 0.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 4.6%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate