Speaker summary
56%5 analyzed articles/videos369.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melinda French Gates results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Anecdotal, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 22% saturation with 104.215 hits. Analysis detected 806.808 faulty-reasoning hits from 369.333 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.1% and a BS Rank of 6% (26,750 of 28,364 speakers). This Melinda French Gates is better (less manipulative) than 94.30% of the peer group.
Melinda French Gates

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751005.7% percentile
7.1% BS Score5 analyzed videos369.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 18.3%18.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 16.3%16.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 15.8%15.8%Personal IncredulitySitewide 0.2%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 8.2%8.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 22.0%22.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 4.6%4.6%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 22.0%, sitewide 26.9%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 16.3%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 0.8%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Personal Incredulity: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 0.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Primacy Effect: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%No True Scotsman: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 0.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate