Speaker summary
⁠69%1 analyzed article/video321 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Gary Stoltz results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Self-Serving Bias, and Halo Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 14.7% saturation with 63 hits. Analysis detected 430.5 faulty-reasoning hits from 321 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠9% (26,006 of 28,364 speakers). This Gary Stoltz is better (less manipulative) than 91.70% of the peer group.
Gary Stoltz
Speaker details
Total words: 321
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

8% percentile
02550751008.3% percentile
8.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos321 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 15.7%15.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 14.7%14.7%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 6.1%6.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 16.1%16.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 9.8%9.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 3.0%3.0%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 3.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 6.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 6.7%Special Pleading: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 0.3%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 9.1%Loss Aversion: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 2.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 8.1%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 0.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

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