Speaker summary
⁠69%1 analyzed article/video287.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Patrick Costello results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Bandwagon, Optimism Bias, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 31.4% saturation with 95.15 hits. Analysis detected 865.78 faulty-reasoning hits from 287.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 9% and a BS Rank of ⁠10% (25,581 of 28,200 speakers). This Patrick Costello is better (less manipulative) than 90.70% of the peer group.
Patrick Costello
Speaker details
Total words: 287.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751009.3% percentile
9.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos287.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 29.7%29.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 31.4%31.4%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 19.5%19.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.8%4.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 18.1%18.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 16.8%16.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 4.8%4.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 17.6%17.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 0.6%0.6%

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 31.4%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 29.7%, sitewide 6.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 19.5%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 19.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 3.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 17.6%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 1.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 0.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 2.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 5.2%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.4%Recency Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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