Speaker summary
⁠65%1 analyzed article/video907.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tad Devine results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Overconfidence Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 16.5% saturation with 173.24 hits. Analysis detected 2,306.267 faulty-reasoning hits from 907.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (27,497 of 28,364 speakers). This Tad Devine is better (less manipulative) than 96.90% of the peer group.
Tad Devine
Speaker details
Total words: 907.667
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

3% percentile
02550751003.1% percentile
5.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos907.7 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 4.9%4.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 4.8%4.8%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 13.5%13.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 16.5%16.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.1%1.1%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 13.8%13.8%

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 4.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 4.6%Straw Man: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 5.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 6.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 3.3%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 6.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 1.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 3.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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