Keyword summary
55%90 analyzed articles/videos55,969 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Science results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Framing Effect, and Optimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.3% saturation with 18,847 hits. Analysis detected 225,515 faulty-reasoning hits from 300,178 analyzed words across 90 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 6% (32,453 of 34,287 keywords). This Science is better (less manipulative) than 94.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

5% percentile
02550751005.3% percentile
1.4% BS Score90 analyzed articles300.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 5.0%5.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 6.3%6.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 4.4%4.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 5.3%5.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 3.4%3.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 3.4%3.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 4.8%4.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Keyword 1.0%1.0%

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: Keyword 5.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 6.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 4.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 4.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 4.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

US outlines its $5 billion Genesis Mission to boost science with AI18%
Engadget38%By Anna Washenko54%7/22/2026, 8:54:26 PM
Last winter’s extreme snow drought was a sign of the West’s future, Colorado study finds60%
The Denver Post9%By Elise Schmelzer84%7/22/2026, 10:00:16 AM
A Record Cyclospora Outbreak58%
The Dispatch26%By James P. Sutton7% Evan Spear7% Ross Anderson7%7/20/2026, 11:08:21 AM
'It's absolutely exciting!': Astronomers discover an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone for first time ever32%
Live Science7%By Olivia Maule7%7/19/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Teddy Roosevelt's SECRET letter proves progressivism was always headed to THIS83%
The Blaze80%By BlazeTV Staff87%7/18/2026, 6:00:00 PM
AI teaches a bitter biology lesson91%
Semafor85%By Reed Albergotti74%7/17/2026, 5:07:46 PM
Wildfire smoke kills tens of thousands of people a year. Here’s how it attacks the body82%
AP News53%By Seth Borenstein0%7/17/2026, 1:02:52 PM
The war on ‘woke science’ comes for space research96%
The Verge55%By Georgina Torbet0%7/17/2026, 11:00:00 AM
The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year49%
WIRED14%By Emily Mullin30%7/17/2026, 9:15:00 AM
Everyone Thinks They Have the Diarrhea Parasite39%
WIRED14%By Emily Mullin30% Kate Taylor24% Leah Feiger52%7/16/2026, 6:36:19 PM