Speaker summary
⁠58%1 analyzed article/video418 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Shamus McCarty results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Confirmation Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 14.2% saturation with 93 hits. Analysis detected 633.864 faulty-reasoning hits from 418 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (27,427 of 28,364 speakers). This Shamus McCarty is better (less manipulative) than 96.70% of the peer group.
Shamus McCarty
Speaker details
Total words: 418
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

3% percentile
02550751003.3% percentile
5.6% BS Score1 analyzed videos418 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 4.1%4.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.6%3.6%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 14.5%14.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 14.2%14.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 7.2%7.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 11.9%11.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 12.6%12.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 2.6%2.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 5.6%5.6%

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 4.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 15.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 14.5%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 4.6%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 6.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.5%Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos