Speaker summary
⁠75%1 analyzed article/video100 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Megan Humphreys results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Circular Reasoning, with Quote-first Misdirection as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 150 hits. Analysis detected 827.25 faulty-reasoning hits from 100 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 52.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (8,003 of 28,364 speakers). This Megan Humphreys is worse (more manipulative) than 71.80% of the peer group.
Megan Humphreys
Speaker details
Total words: 100
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

72% percentile
025507510071.8% percentile
52.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos100 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 64.0%64.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 51.0%51.0%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 48.0%48.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 48.0%48.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 39.0%39.0%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 26.0%26.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 3.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 64.0%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 51.0%, sitewide 0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.5%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 48.0%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 48.0%, sitewide 6.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 39.0%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 26.0%, sitewide 15.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 26.0%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 24.0%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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