Speaker summary
⁠65%2 analyzed articles/videos400.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dan Driscoll results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 28.5% saturation with 211 hits. Analysis detected 1,362.684 faulty-reasoning hits from 400.333 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠9% (25,879 of 28,364 speakers). This Dan Driscoll is better (less manipulative) than 91.20% of the peer group.
Dan Driscoll
Speaker details
Total words: 400.333
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751008.8% percentile
8.7% BS Score2 analyzed videos400.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 28.5%28.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 16.1%16.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 22.4%22.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 14.6%14.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 5.0%5.0%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 5.3%5.3%

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%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 28.5%, sitewide 3.3%Framing Effect: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 17.3%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 1.4%Anecdotal: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 5.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 6.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 2.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 6.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.5%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.4%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide rateSpeaker rate

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