Speaker summary
79% 8 analyzed articles/videos 475.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Sacks results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Genetic Fallacy , and Negativity Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 25.1% saturation with 220 hits . Analysis detected 2,098.158 faulty-reasoning hits from 475.667 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.3% and a BS Rank of 12% (24,824 of 28,201 speakers). This David Sacks is better (less manipulative) than 88.00% of the peer group. David Sacks
Speaker details
Total words: 475.667
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
12% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.0% percentile 10.3% BS Score8 analyzed videos475.7 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 22.4% 22.4% Genetic Fallacy Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 15.6% 15.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 21.7% 21.7% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 15.6% 15.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 20.1% 20.1% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 12.1% 12.1% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 17.4% 17.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 25.1% 25.1% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 10.3% 10.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 18.6% 18.6% 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 17.4%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 25.1%, sitewide 15.9% Ad Hominem: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 2.2% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 7.5% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 20.1%, sitewide 8.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 11.1% Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 1.4% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 1.4% Slippery Slope: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 1.5% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 3.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 5.3% Begging the Question: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 1.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 3.1% Halo Effect: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 6.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.8% Circular Reasoning: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.1% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 1.4% Straw Man: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 0.9% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.0% Loss Aversion: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 2.5% Tu Quoque: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst