Speaker summary
⁠72%1 analyzed article/video194 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Gad Saad results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Straw Man, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 49% saturation with 150 hits. Analysis detected 756.966 faulty-reasoning hits from 194 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 21.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠36% (18,380 of 28,364 speakers). This Gad Saad is better (less manipulative) than 64.80% of the peer group.
Gad Saad
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Speaker details
Total words: 194
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

35% percentile
025507510035.2% percentile
21.8% BS Score1 analyzed videos194 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 49.0%49.0%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 31.7%31.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 34.3%34.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 25.9%25.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 27.6%27.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 19.3%19.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 19.3%19.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 19.9%19.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 9.2%9.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 49.0%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 34.3%, sitewide 7.5%Straw Man: Speaker 31.7%, sitewide 0.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 27.6%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 25.9%, sitewide 5.2%Negativity Bias: Speaker 22.7%, sitewide 19.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 19.9%, sitewide 9.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 19.3%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Speaker 19.3%, sitewide 1.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 5.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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