Speaker summary
58%8 analyzed articles/videos620.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Robert Garcia results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Fundamental Attribution Error, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 23.4% saturation with 175.094 hits. Analysis detected 1,342.81 faulty-reasoning hits from 620.333 analyzed words across 8 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 6.2% and a BS Rank of 5% (25,643 of 26,781 speakers). This Robert Garcia is better (less manipulative) than 95.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751004.2% percentile
6.2% BS Score8 analyzed videos620.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 23.4%23.4%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 15.6%15.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 18.2%18.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 9.6%9.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 7.5%7.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.5%2.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 5.5%5.5%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 23.4%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 15.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 1.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 4.6%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Straw Man: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 1.1%Composition/Division: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 0.2%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 1.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate