Speaker summary
71%14 analyzed articles/videos326 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Goldman Sachs results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Optimism Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 37.2% saturation with 155.088 hits. Analysis detected 857.771 faulty-reasoning hits from 326 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.5% and a BS Rank of 13% (24,804 of 28,364 speakers). This Goldman Sachs is better (less manipulative) than 87.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

13% percentile
025507510012.6% percentile
10.5% BS Score14 analyzed videos326 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 37.2%37.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 28.3%28.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 21.1%21.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 2.8%2.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 13.6%13.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 15.1%15.1%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 5.5%5.5%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 37.2%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 28.3%, sitewide 4.6%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 21.1%, sitewide 6.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 15.1%, sitewide 9.1%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 4.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 5.3%Primacy Effect: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 0.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate