Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video791 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Catholic Church Abuse results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 16.5% saturation with 392 hits. Analysis detected 2,253 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,373 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠65% (5,933 of 16,562 topics). This Catholic Church Abuse is worse (more manipulative) than 64.20% of the peer group.
Catholic Church Abuse
Topic details
Total words: 2,373
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

64% percentile
025507510064.2% percentile
3.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.8%5.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.7%2.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.3%7.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.4%5.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.1%2.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.1%2.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 6.6%6.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 5.9%5.9%

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: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 16.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 4.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.8%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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