Speaker summary
49%7 analyzed articles/videos473.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pam Kramer results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Framing Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 20.9% saturation with 145 hits. Analysis detected 1,020.83 faulty-reasoning hits from 473.667 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.6% and a BS Rank of 7% (25,058 of 26,780 speakers). This Pam Kramer is better (less manipulative) than 93.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751006.4% percentile
7.6% BS Score7 analyzed videos473.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 20.9%20.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 11.1%11.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 18.1%18.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 11.7%11.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 6.3%6.3%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 4.8%4.8%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 6.3%6.3%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 20.9%, sitewide 0.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 6.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 4.6%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 9.1%Loss Aversion: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 3.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 1.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.4%Recency Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate