Speaker summary
⁠69%2 analyzed articles/videos88.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Micah Lasher results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Appeal to Emotion, and Availability Heuristic, with Quote-first Misdirection as the most egregious example at 54.7% saturation with 41 hits. Analysis detected 239 faulty-reasoning hits from 88.667 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 40.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠59% (11,795 of 28,364 speakers). This Micah Lasher is worse (more manipulative) than 58.40% of the peer group.
Micah Lasher
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Speaker details
Total words: 88.667
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

58% percentile
025507510058.4% percentile
40.2% BS Score2 analyzed videos88.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 54.7%54.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 45.3%45.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 35.3%35.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 35.3%35.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 35.3%35.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 35.3%35.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 54.7%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Speaker 45.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 35.3%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 35.3%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 35.3%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 35.3%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos