Speaker summary
⁠75%1 analyzed article/video390.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scott Looney results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Hasty Generalization, and Overconfidence Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 42.7% saturation with 166.525 hits. Analysis detected 566.248 faulty-reasoning hits from 390.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 14.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (33,730 of 44,219 speakers). This Scott Looney is better (less manipulative) than 76.30% of the peer group.
Scott Looney
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠24%Scott Looney (selected)15%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 390.333
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

24% percentile
025507510023.7% percentile
14.8% BS Score1 analyzed videos390.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 42.7%42.7%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 23.1%23.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 18.7%18.7%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 13.6%13.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 2.3%2.3%

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%Optimism Bias: Speaker 42.7%, sitewide 6.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 0.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 18.7%, sitewide 4.6%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 8.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 3.7%Special Pleading: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.3%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.3%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos