Speaker summary
⁠69%3 analyzed articles/videos307.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Phil Gunson results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 43.8% saturation with 231 hits. Analysis detected 1,128.125 faulty-reasoning hits from 307.667 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 15.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (21,728 of 28,364 speakers). This Phil Gunson is better (less manipulative) than 76.60% of the peer group.
Phil Gunson
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Speaker details
Total words: 307.667
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

23% percentile
025507510023.4% percentile
15.5% BS Score3 analyzed videos307.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 35.3%35.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 35.3%35.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 43.8%43.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 28.4%28.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 18.2%18.2%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 15.2%15.2%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 11.4%11.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 6.8%6.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 12.7%12.7%

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%Negativity Bias: Speaker 43.8%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 35.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 35.3%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 28.4%, sitewide 11.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 0.8%In-Group Bias: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 6.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 1.1%Composition/Division: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 0.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 1.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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