Speaker summary
⁠58%2 analyzed articles/videos299 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Niven results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Representativeness Heuristic, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 23.4% saturation with 94 hits. Analysis detected 607.458 faulty-reasoning hits from 299 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (25,344 of 28,364 speakers). This David Niven is better (less manipulative) than 89.40% of the peer group.
David Niven
Speaker ranking list
Speaker details
Total words: 299
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

11% percentile
025507510010.6% percentile
9.6% BS Score2 analyzed videos299 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 14.0%14.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 15.7%15.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 14.0%14.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 18.3%18.3%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 8.9%8.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 11.5%11.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 23.4%23.4%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 8.8%8.8%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 7.2%7.2%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 23.4%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 8.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 3.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 9.1%Straw Man: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 0.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 4.6%Primacy Effect: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 2.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 3.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos