Speaker summary
⁠57%1 analyzed article/video356.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Joel Nickson results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Loss Aversion, Negativity Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 15.6% saturation with 90 hits. Analysis detected 588.627 faulty-reasoning hits from 356.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (38,793 of 40,167 speakers). This Joel Nickson is better (less manipulative) than 96.60% of the peer group.
Joel Nickson
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%MARGARET BRENNAN1%
⁠0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
⁠4%Joel Nickson (selected)6%
⁠100%314 Action Fund100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 356.333
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

3% percentile
02550751003.4% percentile
5.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos356.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 15.5%15.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 9.0%9.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 15.6%15.6%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 5.6%5.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 2.2%2.2%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 4.0%4.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 8.1%Loss Aversion: Speaker 15.5%, sitewide 2.5%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 1.4%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 9.1%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 0.3%In-Group Bias: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 0.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.9%Primacy Effect: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.5%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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