Speaker summary
⁠85%2 analyzed articles/videos202.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dave Eggers results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Emotion, and Slippery Slope, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 61% saturation with 172 hits. Analysis detected 792.587 faulty-reasoning hits from 202.5 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 22.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠37% (18,102 of 28,364 speakers). This Dave Eggers is better (less manipulative) than 63.80% of the peer group.
Dave Eggers
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Speaker details
Total words: 202.5
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

36% percentile
025507510036.2% percentile
22.4% BS Score2 analyzed videos202.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 60.6%60.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 61.0%61.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 55.9%55.9%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 37.5%37.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 28.5%28.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 20.9%20.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 8.5%8.5%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 8.9%8.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Negativity Bias: Speaker 61.0%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 60.6%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 55.9%, sitewide 15.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 37.5%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 28.5%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 20.9%, sitewide 1.5%Loss Aversion: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 4.6%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos