Topic summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 1,601 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cultural Icons results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Post Hoc (False Cause) , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 1,118 hits . Analysis detected 9,625 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,676 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 27% (12,102 of 16,562 topics). This Cultural Icons is better (less manipulative) than 73.10% of the peer group. Cultural Icons
Topic details
Total words: 11,676
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
27% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 26.9% percentile 2.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles11.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.6% 4.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.4% 2.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 6.4% 6.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Topic 4.3% 4.3% 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 2.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.0%, sitewide 3.3% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 4.6% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.8% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst