Topic summary
⁠19%1 analyzed article/video641 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Medical Breakthroughs results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Halo Effect, and Anecdotal, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 230 hits. Analysis detected 1,527 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,564 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠48% (8,738 of 16,562 topics). This Medical Breakthroughs is better (less manipulative) than 52.80% of the peer group.
Medical Breakthroughs
Topic details
Total words: 2,564
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

47% percentile
025507510047.2% percentile
2.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.6K 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 3.3%3.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.5%7.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 9.0%9.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 1.1%1.1%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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 3.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.5%Composition/Division: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.0%Indoctrination: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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