Speaker summary
⁠90%1 analyzed article/video48 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Paul Westerhoff results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Biased Writer Voice, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 48 hits. Analysis detected 168 faulty-reasoning hits from 48 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 58.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠75% (7,275 of 28,364 speakers). This Paul Westerhoff is worse (more manipulative) than 74.40% of the peer group.
Paul Westerhoff
Speaker details
Total words: 48
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

74% percentile
025507510074.4% percentile
58.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos48 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos