Speaker summary
⁠35%2 analyzed articles/videos136 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Zev Yaroslavsky results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Overconfidence Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 39.2% saturation with 80 hits. Analysis detected 287 faulty-reasoning hits from 136 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 15.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (21,686 of 28,364 speakers). This Zev Yaroslavsky is better (less manipulative) than 76.50% of the peer group.
Zev Yaroslavsky
Speaker details
Total words: 136
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

24% percentile
025507510023.5% percentile
15.6% BS Score2 analyzed videos136 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 39.2%39.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 20.6%20.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 20.1%20.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 22.6%22.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.4%4.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 8.3%8.3%

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%Optimism Bias: Speaker 39.2%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 20.6%, sitewide 0.8%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 20.1%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos