Topic summary
⁠81%1 analyzed article/video937 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Religious Decline results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 24.5% saturation with 920 hits. Analysis detected 7,181 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,748 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5% and a BS Rank of ⁠77% (3,961 of 16,562 topics). This Religious Decline is worse (more manipulative) than 76.10% of the peer group.
Religious Decline
Topic details
Total words: 3,748
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

76% percentile
025507510076.1% percentile
5.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.7K 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 3.3%3.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 24.5%24.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 24.6%24.6%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 16.7%16.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.7%5.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 9.0%9.0%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 7.2%7.2%

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 3.3%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 24.6%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 24.5%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 19.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 3.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 7.8%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 1.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%False Dilemma: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 1.5%Anecdotal: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 2.7%Straw Man: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 0.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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