Topic summary
⁠7%3 analyzed articles/videos127 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Life Sciences results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Anecdotal, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 343 hits. Analysis detected 1,667 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,162 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠8% (15,333 of 16,559 topics). This Life Sciences is better (less manipulative) than 92.60% of the peer group.
Life Sciences
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Topic details
Total words: 4,162
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751007.4% percentile
1.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.2K 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 1.5%1.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.5%1.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%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 1.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.1%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos