Speaker summary
⁠45%1 analyzed article/video88 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Thomas Heitkamp results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 50% saturation with 66 hits. Analysis detected 198 faulty-reasoning hits from 88 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 25% and a BS Rank of ⁠41% (16,959 of 28,364 speakers). This Thomas Heitkamp is better (less manipulative) than 59.80% of the peer group.
Thomas Heitkamp
Speaker details
Total words: 88
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

40% percentile
025507510040.2% percentile
25.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos88 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 24.2%24.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 25.8%25.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 24.2%24.2%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 12.9%12.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 25.8%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 24.2%, sitewide 9.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 24.2%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos