Speaker summary
⁠57%1 analyzed article/video224.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard Shirreff results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Ad Hominem, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 24.3% saturation with 82 hits. Analysis detected 513.916 faulty-reasoning hits from 224.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 17.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠27% (19,578 of 26,780 speakers). This Richard Shirreff is better (less manipulative) than 73.10% of the peer group.
Richard Shirreff
Speaker details
Total words: 224.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

27% percentile
025507510026.9% percentile
17.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos224.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 30.5%30.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 25.9%25.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 24.3%24.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 24.3%24.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.0%5.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 24.3%24.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 8.0%8.0%

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%Ad Hominem: Speaker 30.5%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 25.9%, sitewide 1.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 24.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 24.3%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 24.3%, sitewide 8.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 11.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 1.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 6.0%Ad HominemSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos