Topic summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 290 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Powerball results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Availability Heuristic , and Anecdotal , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 44% saturation with 383 hits . Analysis detected 2,072 faulty-reasoning hits from 870 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 18.3% and a BS Rank of 99% (294 of 16,562 topics). This Powerball is worse (more manipulative) than 98.20% of the peer group. Powerball
Topic details
Total words: 870
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
98% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 98.2% percentile 18.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles870 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% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 36.1% 36.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 34.0% 34.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 25.2% 25.2% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 22.8% 22.8% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 44.0% 44.0% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Topic 14.8% 14.8% Red Herring Sitewide 0.7% Topic 9.3% 9.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 9.3% 9.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Topic 5.1% 5.1% 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 44.0%, sitewide 26.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 36.1%, sitewide 6.0% Availability Heuristic: Topic 34.0%, sitewide 9.1% Anecdotal: Topic 25.2%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Topic 22.8%, sitewide 4.0% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 18.3%, sitewide 15.9% Recency Bias: Topic 14.8%, sitewide 2.7% Appeal to Authority: Topic 13.7%, sitewide 11.1% Red Herring: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 0.7% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 3.7% Halo Effect: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst