Keyword summary
70%12 analyzed articles/videos6,822 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Paleontology results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 5.2% saturation with 1,704 hits. Analysis detected 15,902 faulty-reasoning hits from 32,558 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 8% (55,069 of 59,653 keywords). This Paleontology is better (less manipulative) than 92.30% of the peer group.
Paleontology

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

8% percentile
02550751007.7% percentile
1.2% BS Score12 analyzed articles32.6K 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 3.2%3.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 1.7%1.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 5.2%5.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Keyword 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 3.0%3.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 1.7%1.7%

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 3.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 2.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Uberaba Geopark: A time capsule from the Late Cretaceous period nestled in Brazil's tropical savanna33%
Live Science19%By Sascha Pare14%8/7/2026, 5:00:00 AM
Forgotten fossil from 1950s is actually a new species of Ice Age frog5%
Popular Science29%By Laura Baisas20%8/5/2026, 12:00:00 AM
Dinosaurs, birds and rocks, oh my! Academy of Natural Sciences was the “first” for a lot of Philly’s natural history7%
Billy Penn14%By Violet Comber-Wilen21%7/30/2026, 3:15:00 PM
Mammals moving between the Americas stopped over in Mexico5%
Science News24%By Bethany Brookshire6%7/30/2026, 12:09:15 PM
Spines of saber-toothed cats tell a tale of the doomed species20%
Science News24%By Jake Buehler41%7/26/2026, 9:00:00 PM
T. Rex Babies Were No Bigger Than House Cats—But Already Deadly44%
Gizmodo75%By Matthew Phelan55%7/24/2026, 5:42:53 AM
A rare 3-D snake fossil is spilling secrets of its unusual lifestyle10%
Science News24%By Libby Riddle30%7/22/2026, 8:00:00 AM
'Another dinosaur has entered the luxury collectibles market': Gus the T. rex just sold for $50 million. Here's what its loss means to science.47%
Live Science19%By Kristi Curry Rogers0%7/16/2026, 2:05:44 AM
World’s first right-hander could be this 550 million-year-old worm33%
Popular Science29%By Mack DeGeurin18%7/10/2026, 6:26:05 AM
Neandertal babies were a lot like ours — but didn't stay that way10%
Science News24%By Tom Metcalfe18%7/9/2026, 5:00:00 AM