BS Summary: This video contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Primacy Effect, Confirmation Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 66.3% saturation with 61 hits. Analysis detected 507 faulty-reasoning hits from 92 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of 100% (101 of 17,508 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 99.40% of the video peer group.
Effective systems of detention can be and have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption.
This is why Pope Francis and my recent predecessors repeatedly insisted that the common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment.
Consequently, the church teaches that the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviability and dignity of the person.
Confirmation Bias
33.7%Confirmation Bias
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33.7%PublicationNBC News
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
33.7%Availability Heuristic
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33.7%PublicationNBC News
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
33.7%Overconfidence Bias
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33.7%PublicationNBC News
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Framing Effect
32.6%Framing Effect
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32.6%PublicationNBC News
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
25%Status Quo Bias
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25%PublicationNBC News
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Optimism Bias
33.7%Optimism Bias
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33.7%PublicationNBC News
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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In-Group Bias
33.7%In-Group Bias
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33.7%PublicationNBC News
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Halo Effect
32.6%Halo Effect
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32.6%PublicationNBC News
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
33.7%Recency Bias
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33.7%PublicationNBC News
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Primacy Effect
41.3%Primacy Effect
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41.3%PublicationNBC News
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
66.3%Appeal to Authority
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66.3%PublicationNBC News
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Circular Reasoning
33.7%Circular Reasoning
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33.7%PublicationNBC News
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Hasty Generalization
33.7%Hasty Generalization
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33.7%PublicationNBC News
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
25%Appeal to Emotion
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25%PublicationNBC News
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Begging the Question
33.7%Begging the Question
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33.7%PublicationNBC News
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
25%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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25%PublicationNBC News
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
0%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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92 words analyzed.
Analysis
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