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Amylyx nears pivotal endocrine drug study readout 36%
By Adam Feuerstein43%
7/16/2026, 10:30:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Halo Effect, and Recency Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 50.5% saturation with 48 hits. Analysis detected 345 faulty-reasoning hits from 95 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 42.9% and a BS Rank of 36% (10,614 of 16,550 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 64.10% of the article peer group.
Later this quarter, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals will read out results from a study evaluating a new treatment for a rare endocrine disorder.
It’s a pivotal moment that could support the drug’s approval and comes two years after Amylyx was rocked — and lauded — for voluntarily pulling a drug for ALS off the market because a follow-on study showed it wasn’t helping patients.
The Amylyx drug, avexitide, is being developed to halt severe, uncontrolled drops in blood sugar that some people experience after undergoing stomach-reducing surgery for weight loss.
Confirmation Bias
43.2%Confirmation Bias
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43.2%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
3.3%PublicationSTAT
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
1.4%PublicationSTAT
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
1.1%PublicationSTAT
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0.3%PublicationSTAT
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0.4%PublicationSTAT
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Framing Effect
34.7%Framing Effect
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34.7%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
10.8%PublicationSTAT
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
1.4%PublicationSTAT
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0.9%PublicationSTAT
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
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Optimism Bias
34.7%Optimism Bias
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34.7%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
8.5%PublicationSTAT
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0.6%PublicationSTAT
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
6.7%PublicationSTAT
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
1.2%PublicationSTAT
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0.3%PublicationSTAT
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Halo Effect
43.2%Halo Effect
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43.2%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
3.4%PublicationSTAT
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0%PublicationSTAT
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0%PublicationSTAT
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Recency Bias
43.2%Recency Bias
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43.2%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
2.3%PublicationSTAT
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0%PublicationSTAT
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0.2%PublicationSTAT
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0.2%PublicationSTAT
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
3%PublicationSTAT
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
1.3%PublicationSTAT
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0%PublicationSTAT
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0%PublicationSTAT
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
1.7%PublicationSTAT
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
1%PublicationSTAT
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0.9%PublicationSTAT
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
4.2%PublicationSTAT
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Begging the Question
43.2%Begging the Question
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43.2%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
1.4%PublicationSTAT
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
43.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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43.2%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
1.1%PublicationSTAT
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
1.5%PublicationSTAT
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
2.2%PublicationSTAT
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0.8%PublicationSTAT
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0.7%PublicationSTAT
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Biased Writer Voice
50.5%Biased Writer Voice
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50.5%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
4.7%PublicationSTAT
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
0.4%PublicationSTAT
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
27.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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27.4%AuthorAdam Feuerstein
15%PublicationSTAT
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95 words analyzed.
Analysis
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