Topic summary
35%16 analyzed articles/videos20,451 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scientific Research results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 4.6% saturation with 4,426 hits. Analysis detected 50,840 faulty-reasoning hits from 95,324 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 5% (21,571 of 22,505 topics). This Scientific Research is better (less manipulative) than 95.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

4% percentile
02550751004.2% percentile
1.0% BS Score16 analyzed articles95.3K 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 4.6%4.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.0%4.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.4%3.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.0%3.0%

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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

How to watch a live deep-sea exploration in the Pacific10%
Popular Science30%By Andrew Paul38%8/3/2026, 7:38:59 AM
Scientists Forced to Go on OnlyFans After Their Funding Was Cut57%
Futurism93%By Frank Landymore84%8/1/2026, 9:01:00 AM
What a recent op-ed got wrong about our Covid study34%
STAT61%By Thomas J. Bollyky38% Joseph Dieleman38%7/31/2026, 1:30:00 AM
US outlines its $5 billion Genesis Mission to boost science with AI15%
Engadget64%By Anna Washenko73%7/22/2026, 1:54:26 PM
Texas invested billions to fight cancer. Abbott’s H-1B visas restrictions may stall research, some warn14%
The Texas Tribune32%By Jessica Priest18%7/22/2026, 3:00:00 AM
American Scientists See Prosecutions as Part of Federal Campaign Against Them48%
KFF Health News39%By Katheryn Houghton61% Arthur Allen63%7/22/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Neuroscience findings often can't be replicated — and it's a big problem for what we know about the brain18%
Live Science23%By RJ Mackenzie21%7/21/2026, 5:00:00 AM
The report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science11%
Ars Technica42%By John Timmer50%7/17/2026, 4:30:10 AM
Thousands of liberated Africans died on a remote island after the British Navy freed them. We now know where they came from.13%
Live Science23%By Owen Jarus10%7/16/2026, 11:00:00 AM
New National Academy of Sciences Climate Attribution Report Underscores How Climate Change Fuels Extreme Weather85%
Common Dreams98%By Newswire Editor98%7/16/2026, 8:00:48 AM