Speaker summary
70%7 analyzed articles/videos885 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ming-Chi Kuo results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias, Optimism Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 29.3% saturation with 281.912 hits. Analysis detected 1,655.517 faulty-reasoning hits from 885 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.3% and a BS Rank of 7% (26,631 of 28,364 speakers). This Ming-Chi Kuo is better (less manipulative) than 93.90% of the peer group.
Ming-Chi Kuo

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751006.1% percentile
7.3% BS Score7 analyzed videos885 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 29.3%29.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 20.8%20.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 17.7%17.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 8.8%8.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 16.0%16.0%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 6.7%6.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 4.3%4.3%

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 29.3%, sitewide 4.6%Framing Effect: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 26.9%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 20.8%, sitewide 4.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 19.2%Optimism Bias: Speaker 17.7%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 16.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 1.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 0.5%Recency Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 0.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate