Speaker summary
57%6 analyzed articles/videos786.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cavalier Johnson results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Appeal to Authority, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 16.7% saturation with 168.16 hits. Analysis detected 1,466.233 faulty-reasoning hits from 786.333 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 1% (44,687 of 45,112 speakers). This Cavalier Johnson is better (less manipulative) than 99.10% of the peer group.
Cavalier Johnson
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
1%Cavalier Johnson (selected)4%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751000.9% percentile
3.1% BS Score6 analyzed videos786.3 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 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 16.7%16.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 4.8%4.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 3.8%3.8%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 3.8%3.8%

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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 19.2%Optimism Bias: Speaker 16.7%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Tu Quoque: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.4%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate