Speaker summary
⁠42%1 analyzed article/video338.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Zach Koutsky results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Availability Heuristic, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 21.7% saturation with 115 hits. Analysis detected 423.551 faulty-reasoning hits from 338.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠7% (26,468 of 28,364 speakers). This Zach Koutsky is better (less manipulative) than 93.30% of the peer group.
Zach Koutsky
Speaker details
Total words: 338.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

7% percentile
02550751006.7% percentile
7.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos338.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 21.7%21.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 10.0%10.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 13.9%13.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 3.1%3.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 1.9%1.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.9%3.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 2.8%2.8%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 4.0%4.0%

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%Anecdotal: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 5.2%Negativity Bias: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 9.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.0%AnecdotalSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos