Speaker summary
⁠75%1 analyzed article/video81.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard Gould results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Optimism Bias, and False Dilemma, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 59% saturation with 72 hits. Analysis detected 229.125 faulty-reasoning hits from 81.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 35% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (13,141 of 28,364 speakers). This Richard Gould is worse (more manipulative) than 53.70% of the peer group.
Richard Gould
Speaker details
Total words: 81.333
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

54% percentile
025507510053.7% percentile
35.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos81.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 59.0%59.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 59.0%59.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 30.7%30.7%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 20.5%20.5%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 20.5%20.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 20.5%20.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 59.0%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 59.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 30.7%, sitewide 6.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 20.5%, sitewide 26.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 20.5%, sitewide 1.5%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 20.5%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos