Topic summary
40%28 analyzed articles/videos6,676 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Biotechnology results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 3,606 hits. Analysis detected 34,170 faulty-reasoning hits from 34,648 analyzed words across 28 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 22% (12,131 of 15,535 topics). This Biotechnology is better (less manipulative) than 78.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

22% percentile
025507510021.9% percentile
2.0% BS Score28 analyzed articles34.6K 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 7.7%7.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.0%6.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.3%6.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.4%5.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 10.4%10.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.2%3.2%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 4.3%4.3%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.1%0.1%

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 7.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Framing…8%Optimis…8%Hasty G…8%Biased …8%
Scientists develop handheld device for measuring when your body is burning fat8%
Engadget40%By Ian Carlos Campbell26%7/23/2026, 10:39:08 PM
In win for RFK Jr., FDA advisory panel narrowly votes to allow compounding of unapproved peptides77%
STAT43%By Sarah Todd0% Lizzy Lawrence81%7/23/2026, 8:08:56 PM
20th-Century Shipwrecks Are Poisoning Our Oceans—But Underwater Microbes Are Fighting Back54%
Popular Mechanics33%By Darren Orf34%7/21/2026, 6:00:03 PM
Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20B–$30B valuation83%
TechCrunch45%By Marina Temkin65%7/20/2026, 11:39:35 PM
Bristol Myers Squibb becomes latest company to claim it’s building pharma’s largest NVIDIA AI supercomputer69%
STAT43%By Brittany Trang82%7/20/2026, 10:59:00 AM
'RNA can do things which we have never seen before': New study challenges assumptions about what RNA was up to at the dawn of life36%
Live Science8%By Kamal Nahas0%7/17/2026, 5:20:00 PM
AI teaches a bitter biology lesson91%
Semafor86%By Reed Albergotti74%7/17/2026, 5:07:46 PM
Eli Lilly makes $3.8 billion bet on psychedelic drugs100%
Semafor86%By Tom Chivers87%7/17/2026, 12:54:10 PM
Can ultrasound unlock the power of gene therapy? A startup makes big claims93%
STAT43%By Jason Mast88%7/17/2026, 8:30:00 AM
Predicting biotech clinical trials and a new Alzheimer’s drug controversy74%
STAT43%By Elaine Chen13% Adam Feuerstein42% Allison DeAngelis25%7/16/2026, 8:06:43 PM