Speaker summary
51%8 analyzed articles/videos627 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bill Gates results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Self-Serving Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 12.5% saturation with 118 hits. Analysis detected 1,201.106 faulty-reasoning hits from 627 analyzed words across 8 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 6.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (27,082 of 28,364 speakers). This Bill Gates is better (less manipulative) than 95.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751004.5% percentile
6.4% BS Score8 analyzed videos627 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 16.2%16.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 5.2%5.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 11.4%11.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 12.5%12.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.2%1.2%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 9.6%9.6%

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 6.5%, sitewide 19.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 16.2%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 3.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 7.5%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 8.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 2.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 4.6%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 0.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.8%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.4%Primacy Effect: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.9%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Middle Ground: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate