Speaker summary
⁠71%3 analyzed articles/videos286.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mike Collins results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Bandwagon, and In-Group Bias, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 28% saturation with 80.234 hits. Analysis detected 550.756 faulty-reasoning hits from 286.333 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠9% (25,869 of 28,364 speakers). This Mike Collins is better (less manipulative) than 91.20% of the peer group.
Mike Collins
Speaker details
Total words: 286.333
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751008.8% percentile
8.7% BS Score3 analyzed videos286.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 28.0%28.0%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 15.5%15.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 19.4%19.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 10.9%10.9%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 5.3%5.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 2.4%2.4%

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%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 28.0%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 11.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 19.4%, sitewide 6.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 15.9%Bandwagon: Speaker 15.5%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 3.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 5.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 1.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos