Speaker summary
⁠83%1 analyzed article/video66.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sheldon Lewis results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Hasty Generalization, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 84.3% saturation with 61.088 hits. Analysis detected 470.872 faulty-reasoning hits from 66.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 51.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (8,126 of 28,364 speakers). This Sheldon Lewis is worse (more manipulative) than 71.40% of the peer group.
Sheldon Lewis
Speaker details
Total words: 66.333
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

71% percentile
025507510071.4% percentile
51.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos66.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 84.3%84.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 72.8%72.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 63.9%63.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 59.3%59.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 54.6%54.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 54.6%54.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 40.7%40.7%No True ScotsmanSitewide 0.1%Speaker 40.7%40.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 40.7%40.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 40.7%40.7%

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%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 84.3%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 72.8%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 63.9%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 59.3%, sitewide 3.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 54.6%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 54.6%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 40.7%, sitewide 0.8%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 40.7%, sitewide 7.5%No True Scotsman: Speaker 40.7%, sitewide 0.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 40.7%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 31.5%, sitewide 1.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 31.5%, sitewide 6.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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