Speaker summary
⁠38%1 analyzed article/video316 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brendan Zak results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Confirmation Bias, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 40 hits. Analysis detected 169.767 faulty-reasoning hits from 316 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠6% (40,438 of 42,613 speakers). This Brendan Zak is better (less manipulative) than 94.90% of the peer group.
Brendan Zak
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠6%Brendan Zak (selected)7%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 316
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751005.1% percentile
6.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos316 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 11.1%11.1%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 8.2%8.2%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 2.5%2.5%

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%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.8%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 3.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos