Speaker summary
⁠55%1 analyzed article/video609.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Adam Mendelsohn results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Self-Serving Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 39.1% saturation with 269.461 hits. Analysis detected 1,002.896 faulty-reasoning hits from 609.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠9% (26,070 of 28,364 speakers). This Adam Mendelsohn is better (less manipulative) than 91.90% of the peer group.
Adam Mendelsohn
Speaker details
Total words: 609.333
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

8% percentile
02550751008.1% percentile
8.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos609.3 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 39.1%39.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 13.5%13.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 11.0%11.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.3%6.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 7.2%7.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 12.2%12.2%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.2%4.2%

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 39.1%, sitewide 6.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 15.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 11.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.0%Special Pleading: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.3%Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 2.5%Begging the Question: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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