Speaker summary
⁠74%1 analyzed article/video94.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matthew Platkin results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem, Framing Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 52.1% saturation with 55.5 hits. Analysis detected 297.042 faulty-reasoning hits from 94.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 22.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠37% (17,985 of 28,364 speakers). This Matthew Platkin is better (less manipulative) than 63.40% of the peer group.
Matthew Platkin
Speaker details
Total words: 94.667
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

37% percentile
025507510036.6% percentile
22.6% BS Score1 analyzed videos94.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 52.1%52.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 36.6%36.6%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 18.3%18.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 20.4%20.4%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 18.3%18.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 11.3%11.3%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 11.3%11.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 11.3%11.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 27.5%27.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 11.3%11.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 52.1%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 36.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 30.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 27.5%, sitewide 19.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 2.7%Straw Man: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 0.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 6.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos