Speaker summary
⁠32%1 analyzed article/video125.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sean M. Decatur results contain 4 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 24.6% saturation with 41 hits. Analysis detected 102 faulty-reasoning hits from 125.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 15.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠23% (20,727 of 26,731 speakers). This Sean M. Decatur is better (less manipulative) than 77.50% of the peer group.
Sean M. Decatur
Speaker details
Total words: 125.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

23% percentile
025507510022.5% percentile
15.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos125.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 24.6%24.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 12.6%12.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 12.0%12.0%

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%Optimism Bias: Speaker 24.6%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos