Speaker summary
⁠74%1 analyzed article/video176 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Shannon Gilbert results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Hasty Generalization, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 75% saturation with 148.5 hits. Analysis detected 664.5 faulty-reasoning hits from 176 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 31.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠50% (14,358 of 28,364 speakers). This Shannon Gilbert is better (less manipulative) than 50.60% of the peer group.
Shannon Gilbert
Speaker details
Total words: 176
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

49% percentile
025507510049.4% percentile
31.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos176 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 75.0%75.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 38.6%38.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 30.7%30.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 19.3%19.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 19.3%19.3%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 16.7%16.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 19.3%19.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 14.0%14.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Halo Effect: Speaker 75.0%, sitewide 6.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 38.6%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 30.7%, sitewide 8.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 19.3%, sitewide 0.8%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 19.3%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 19.3%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Speaker 16.7%, sitewide 0.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 5.3%Halo EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos