Speaker summary
⁠85%1 analyzed article/video143.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Megan McArdle results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Out-Group Homogeneity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Politically Right Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 70.1% saturation with 100.645 hits. Analysis detected 577.092 faulty-reasoning hits from 143.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 28.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠46% (15,342 of 28,364 speakers). This Megan McArdle is better (less manipulative) than 54.10% of the peer group.
Megan McArdle
Speaker details
Total words: 143.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

46% percentile
025507510045.9% percentile
28.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos143.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 70.1%70.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 44.9%44.9%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Speaker 37.5%37.5%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 35.0%35.0%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 32.0%32.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 37.1%37.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 25.0%25.0%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 19.3%19.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 28.6%28.6%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Speaker 16.8%16.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 70.1%, sitewide 1.4%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 44.9%, sitewide 5.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 37.5%, sitewide 3.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 37.1%, sitewide 8.1%Straw Man: Speaker 35.0%, sitewide 0.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 32.0%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 28.6%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 22.9%, sitewide 26.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 25.0%, sitewide 5.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 19.3%, sitewide 1.7%Horn Effect: Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 1.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect: Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 0.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 2.2%Primacy Effect: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.9%Politically Right Leaning BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos