Speaker summary
⁠43%2 analyzed articles/videos371.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom Schultz results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 14.6% saturation with 97 hits. Analysis detected 851.449 faulty-reasoning hits from 371.333 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (26,986 of 28,364 speakers). This Tom Schultz is better (less manipulative) than 95.10% of the peer group.
Tom Schultz
Speaker details
Total words: 371.333
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751004.9% percentile
6.6% BS Score2 analyzed videos371.3 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 3.1%3.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 14.6%14.6%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 11.2%11.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 11.1%11.1%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 8.8%8.8%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 8.9%8.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 14.1%14.1%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 11.0%11.0%

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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 15.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 3.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 14.1%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 1.9%Straw Man: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 0.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 1.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 6.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 2.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Bandwagon: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.2%Middle Ground: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.1%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos