Speaker summary
⁠69%4 analyzed articles/videos277.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kirk family results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Loss Aversion, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 41% saturation with 113.943 hits. Analysis detected 616.573 faulty-reasoning hits from 277.667 analyzed words across 4 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 17.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠27% (20,826 of 28,364 speakers). This Kirk family is better (less manipulative) than 73.40% of the peer group.
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Speaker details
Total words: 277.667
Content count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

27% percentile
025507510026.6% percentile
17.1% BS Score4 analyzed videos277.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 41.0%41.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 25.7%25.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 19.1%19.1%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 15.2%15.2%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 14.9%14.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 17.4%17.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 19.1%19.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 12.7%12.7%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 6.0%6.0%

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 Emotion: Speaker 41.0%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 25.7%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 1.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 6.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 14.9%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 4.6%Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos