Speaker summary
⁠79%3 analyzed articles/videos644.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dave Portnoy results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Representativeness Heuristic, and Negativity Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 25.1% saturation with 161.948 hits. Analysis detected 2,356.858 faulty-reasoning hits from 644.333 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (27,007 of 28,364 speakers). This Dave Portnoy is better (less manipulative) than 95.20% of the peer group.
Dave Portnoy
Speaker details
Total words: 644.333
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751004.8% percentile
6.6% BS Score3 analyzed videos644.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 25.1%25.1%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 15.3%15.3%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 12.7%12.7%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 14.2%14.2%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 12.5%12.5%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Speaker 13.5%13.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 11.9%11.9%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 10.4%10.4%Personal IncredulitySitewide 0.2%Speaker 8.2%8.2%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Speaker 9.3%9.3%

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%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 25.1%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 15.9%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 0.3%Loss Aversion: Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 2.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 3.1%Straw Man: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 0.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 7.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 5.2%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 2.2%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 1.4%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Personal Incredulity: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 0.2%In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 1.4%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 1.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Ad Hominem: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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