Speaker summary
⁠84%3 analyzed articles/videos336.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scott Lincicome results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 36.8% saturation with 172 hits. Analysis detected 1,000.04 faulty-reasoning hits from 336.5 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 16.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠26% (21,087 of 28,364 speakers). This Scott Lincicome is better (less manipulative) than 74.30% of the peer group.
Scott Lincicome
Speaker details
Total words: 336.5
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

26% percentile
025507510025.7% percentile
16.7% BS Score3 analyzed videos336.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 48.0%48.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 36.8%36.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 6.0%6.0%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 21.3%21.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 20.8%20.8%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 14.1%14.1%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 11.6%11.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 9.6%9.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.5%7.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 11.1%11.1%

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 48.0%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 36.8%, sitewide 4.6%Framing Effect: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 19.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 21.3%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 20.8%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 19.5%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 14.1%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 8.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 1.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 9.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos