Speaker summary
⁠70%1 analyzed article/video334.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Erik Nygaard results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Bandwagon, Self-Serving Bias, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 21.1% saturation with 70.5 hits. Analysis detected 483.5 faulty-reasoning hits from 334.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠8% (26,113 of 28,364 speakers). This Erik Nygaard is better (less manipulative) than 92.10% of the peer group.
Erik Nygaard
Speaker details
Total words: 334.5
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

8% percentile
02550751007.9% percentile
8.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos334.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 21.1%21.1%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 10.5%10.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 13.0%13.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 10.5%10.5%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 4.0%4.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 4.9%4.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Optimism Bias: Speaker 21.1%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Bandwagon: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 0.5%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 6.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 2.5%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos