Speaker summary
⁠65%1 analyzed article/video95.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Paul Casterton results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Unattributed Quote, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 21.7% saturation with 31 hits. Analysis detected 220.387 faulty-reasoning hits from 95.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (23,001 of 28,364 speakers). This Paul Casterton is better (less manipulative) than 81.10% of the peer group.
Paul Casterton
Speaker details
Total words: 95.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

19% percentile
025507510018.9% percentile
13.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos95.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 19.1%19.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 17.5%17.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 20.3%20.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 16.1%16.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 16.4%16.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 11.9%11.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 21.7%21.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 20.3%, sitewide 5.2%Negativity Bias: Speaker 20.0%, sitewide 19.2%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 1.4%False Dilemma: Speaker 17.5%, sitewide 1.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 6.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 0.8%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 5.3%Recency Bias: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos