The Japan Times66%
Heatstroke doubles risks for cataracts, Japanese study finds 91%
By Tomoko Otake0%
5/13/2026, 9:03:00 AM
Topics: Health, Environment
BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Recency Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Primacy Effect, with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 59.8% saturation with 61 hits. Analysis detected 433 faulty-reasoning hits from 102 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 85% and a BS Rank of 91% (1,656 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 90.20% of the article peer group.
With another brutally hot summer just around the corner, a team of Japanese researchers has a stark message: Heat stress could damage your eyesight.
A review of Japanese health insurance records covering 2.46 million people found that those who have suffered from heatstroke are twice as likely to develop cataracts.
The condition clouds the eye lens and blurs vision.
In a study recently published in the Environmental Research journal, the researchers at the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) said the risk of cataracts is 1.96 times higher for those with a history of heatstroke.
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
25.5%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
25.5%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
7.8%Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
23.5%Pessimism Bias
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23.5%AuthorTomoko Otake
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Negativity Bias
32.4%Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
57.8%Recency Bias
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57.8%AuthorTomoko Otake
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Primacy Effect
34.3%Primacy Effect
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34.3%AuthorTomoko Otake
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
42.2%Appeal to Authority
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42.2%AuthorTomoko Otake
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
25.5%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
23.5%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
59.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
8.8%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
34.3%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
23.5%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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102 words analyzed.
Analysis
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