Speaker summary
⁠39%5 analyzed articles/videos1,199 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mike MacLeod results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Quote-first Misdirection, and Availability Heuristic, with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 201 hits. Analysis detected 1,475.516 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,199 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠2% (27,232 of 27,594 speakers). This Mike MacLeod is better (less manipulative) than 98.70% of the peer group.
Mike MacLeod
Speaker details
Total words: 1,199
Article count: 5
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751001.3% percentile
3.9% BS Score5 analyzed videos1.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 1.8%1.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 0.3%0.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.4%5.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 5.5%5.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 9.9%9.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.5%4.5%

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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 5.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.4%Begging the Question: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 1.4%Indoctrination: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos