Speaker summary
54% 6 analyzed articles/videos 1,769.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Linus Torvalds results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and In-Group Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 19.5% saturation with 286 hits . Analysis detected 2,830.076 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,769.333 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.8% and a BS Rank of 3% (27,701 of 28,364 speakers). This Linus Torvalds is better (less manipulative) than 97.70% of the peer group. Linus Torvalds
Speaker details
Total words: 1,769.333
Article count: 6
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.3% percentile 4.8% BS Score6 analyzed videos1.8K 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% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 6.6% 6.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 7.8% 7.8% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 9.4% 9.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 19.5% 19.5% No True Scotsman Sitewide 0.1% Speaker 7.5% 7.5% Tu Quoque Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 7.4% 7.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 1.5% 1.5% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 7.8% 7.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 10.2% 10.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 11.1% 11.1% 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 6.6%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 19.5%, sitewide 11.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 15.9% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 4.6% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 0.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 6.9% False Dilemma: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 1.5% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% No True Scotsman: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 0.1% Tu Quoque: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 0.2% Ad Hominem: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 2.2% Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Recency Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.7% Straw Man: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.8% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 2.7% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 3.7% Bandwagon: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst