Speaker summary
65% 6 analyzed articles/videos 2,704 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ben McAdams results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Optimism Bias , with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 35.2% saturation with 1,064.834 hits . Analysis detected 4,500.395 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,704 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 1% (27,421 of 27,710 speakers). This Ben McAdams is better (less manipulative) than 99.00% of the peer group. Ben McAdams
Speaker details
Total words: 2,704
Article count: 6
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.0% percentile 3.5% BS Score6 analyzed videos2.7K 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% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 35.2% 35.2% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 3.4% 3.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 5.3% 5.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 1.8% 1.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 2.9% 2.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 10.7% 10.7% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 4.7% 4.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 2.2% 2.2% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 0.8% 0.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Speaker 0.4% 0.4% 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% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 35.2%, sitewide 3.7% Framing Effect: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 6.0% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 6.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 3.3% Halo Effect: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Indoctrination: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 0.0% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 4.6% False Dilemma: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.5% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.1% Recency Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Straw Man: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.9% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst