Speaker summary
⁠56%1 analyzed article/video187.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Margaret Hellerstein results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Pessimism Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 27.8% saturation with 57.933 hits. Analysis detected 417.632 faulty-reasoning hits from 187.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 11.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠15% (24,326 of 28,364 speakers). This Margaret Hellerstein is better (less manipulative) than 85.80% of the peer group.
Margaret Hellerstein
Speaker details
Total words: 187.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

14% percentile
025507510014.2% percentile
11.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos187.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 25.4%25.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 26.8%26.8%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 13.8%13.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 27.8%27.8%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 13.8%13.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.5%6.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 5.5%5.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 14.5%14.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 4.8%4.8%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 27.8%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 26.8%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 25.4%, sitewide 1.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.5%, sitewide 19.2%Burden of Proof: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 0.8%Anecdotal: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 1.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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