The power of an exercise prescription ⁠90%

By Dr. Brian Goldman⁠0%

6/2/2026, 5:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Halo Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 74.5% saturation with 41 hits. Analysis detected 371 faulty-reasoning hits from 55 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 83.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠90% (2,203 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 89.90% of the article peer group.

Calgary nurse and primary care behavioural health provider Rachel Fynn prescribes exercise as medicine. 
Through Alberta's Prescription to Get Active program, she helps patients improve their physical and mental health. 
Once intimidated by the gym herself, Rachel is now a dedicated weightlifter, and proof of the power of movement. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 29.1%Dr. Brian Goldman: 8.0%CBC: 2.6%Confirmation Bias29.1%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.7%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 34.5%Dr. Brian Goldman: 16.5%CBC: 3.1%Availability Heuristic34.5%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.1%CBC: 1.0%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 40.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 24.2%CBC: 4.2%Framing Effect40.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.1%CBC: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 3.6%CBC: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 74.5%Dr. Brian Goldman: 7.8%CBC: 4.0%Optimism Bias74.5%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.4%CBC: 1.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 20.2%CBC: 5.7%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 34.5%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.2%CBC: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias34.5%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.4%CBC: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.1%CBC: 1.2%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 2.5%CBC: 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 70.9%Dr. Brian Goldman: 6.3%CBC: 3.6%Halo Effect70.9%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 3.1%CBC: 1.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.6%CBC: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 25.5%Dr. Brian Goldman: 16.9%CBC: 3.7%Appeal to Authority25.5%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 6.5%CBC: 1.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 63.6%Dr. Brian Goldman: 22.0%CBC: 4.8%Hasty Generalization63.6%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 5.9%CBC: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 11.3%CBC: 4.2%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 2.5%CBC: 0.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 63.6%Dr. Brian Goldman: 14.7%CBC: 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)63.6%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 63.6%Dr. Brian Goldman: 18.2%CBC: 3.3%Anecdotal63.6%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 45.5%Dr. Brian Goldman: 2.4%CBC: 1.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)45.5%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 2.1%CBC: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.4%CBC: 1.1%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.8%CBC: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 74.5%Dr. Brian Goldman: 20.1%CBC: 4.8%Biased Writer Voice74.5%This article: 25.5%Dr. Brian Goldman: 15.9%CBC: 2.4%Indoctrination25.5%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 29.1%Dr. Brian Goldman: 5.5%CBC: 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…29.1%

55 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers89%attributed speech6writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageRachel Fynn • 14 words • 100.0% coverageAlberta's Prescription to Get Active program • 16 words • 100.0% coverageRachel Fynn • 19 words • 100.0% coverage
100%flagged-word coverage
16 attributed words33% of attributed speech100% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Alberta's Prescription to Get Active program: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice+0.0 ptsWriter: 100.0%Alberta's Prescription to Get Active program: 100.0%100.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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