Speaker summary
⁠59%5 analyzed articles/videos301.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Daniel Mendelsohn results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Horn Effect, Hasty Generalization, and Ad Hominem, with Representativeness Heuristic as the most egregious example at 21.4% saturation with 99 hits. Analysis detected 558.53 faulty-reasoning hits from 301.333 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 11% and a BS Rank of ⁠14% (24,521 of 28,364 speakers). This Daniel Mendelsohn is better (less manipulative) than 86.50% of the peer group.
Daniel Mendelsohn

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

14% percentile
025507510013.5% percentile
11.0% BS Score5 analyzed videos301.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 21.4%21.4%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Speaker 19.1%19.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 13.5%13.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 17.6%17.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.7%7.7%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Speaker 6.1%6.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 12.4%12.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 11.8%11.8%

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%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 21.4%, sitewide 1.9%Horn Effect: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 1.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 17.6%, sitewide 8.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 2.2%In-Group Bias: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 6.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 11.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 1.5%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 0.0%Composition/Division: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 0.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 4.6%Representativeness HeuristicSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos