Keyword summary
40%10 analyzed articles/videos7,885 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Insects results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Optimism Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 5.6% saturation with 1,920 hits. Analysis detected 20,636 faulty-reasoning hits from 34,348 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 13% (51,739 of 59,491 keywords). This Insects is better (less manipulative) than 87.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

13% percentile
025507510013.0% percentile
1.3% BS Score10 analyzed articles34.3K 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 2.8%2.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 2.9%2.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 0.2%0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 1.9%1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 5.6%5.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 1.7%1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 3.5%3.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Keyword 0.6%0.6%

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: Keyword 2.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 2.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 5.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 3.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 3.7%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Keyword 5.6%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Insects survive 1,213 feet of pressure under water, defying physics13%
Popular Science29%By Margherita Bassi20%7/23/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Scientists Just Solved a 100-Year-Old Evolutionary Mystery42%
Popular Mechanics50%By Darren Orf58%7/15/2026, 6:30:00 AM
Researchers Built a Scuba Suit for Cyborg Cockroaches16%
Gizmodo75%By Bruce Gil51%7/4/2026, 11:00:08 AM
The natural history of every U.S. state is on display at a new D.C. exhibit40%
Science News24%By Aaron Tremper0% Mandana Tadayon0%7/2/2026, 7:00:00 AM
Earth has millions of bug species. Only Utah has this ‘beautiful little monster’35%
KUER85%By David Condos84%6/30/2026, 1:00:00 AM
Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust69%
AP News72%By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY0%6/4/2026, 9:48:51 PM
A diet of royal jelly isn’t the only thing that makes a queen bee22%
KUER85%By Associated Press75%6/3/2026, 9:16:11 AM
Will Google release millions of bacteria-infested mosquitoes into US states? What we know18%
Snopes.com21%By Laerke Christensen24%6/3/2026, 7:52:05 AM
Bird populations are shrinking faster in agriculture hotspots — including the Midwest, study finds88%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR76%By Abigail Bottar0%4/21/2026, 2:00:00 AM
70 mind-blowing science facts about our incredible world27%
Live Science19%By Laura Geggel0%1/4/2026, 9:00:00 AM