Topic summary
0%7 analyzed articles/videos4,734 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Catholicism results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Hasty Generalization, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 2,992 hits. Analysis detected 23,893 faulty-reasoning hits from 27,782 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 12% (13,678 of 15,447 topics). This Catholicism is better (less manipulative) than 88.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

12% percentile
025507510011.5% percentile
1.7% BS Score7 analyzed articles27.8K 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 9.6%9.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.8%10.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.7%2.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.7%2.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate