Associated Press100%
Steven Spielberg says he's believed in alien life since 'Close Encounters' 97%
6/7/2026, 4:10:00 PM
BS Summary: This video contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Optimism Bias, and Personal Incredulity, with Burden of Proof as the most egregious example at 69.5% saturation with 89 hits. Analysis detected 554 faulty-reasoning hits from 128 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 94.3% and a BS Rank of 97% (797 of 21,887 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 96.40% of the video peer group.
Look, I've been a believer since I made Close Encounters 50 years ago.
Um but I and I wouldn't call that science fiction.
I called it science speculation.
When I did press on Close Encounters, they refused to call it science fiction.
But I I I I I was certainly a believer of life elsewhere, but I was I would always say until I see a UAP or a UFO with my own eyes, I'm not going to categorically state that there's proof that there's life life from out there has come here.
But I that I have changed that because I'm now willing to to change my mind because of the circumstantial evidence, which is overwhelming.
Confirmation Bias
29.7%Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
10.2%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
48.4%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
18.8%Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
16.4%Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
10.2%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
18.8%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
39.8%Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
3.9%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
10.9%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
10.9%In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%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
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Primacy Effect
10.2%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
19.5%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
18.8%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
18.8%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
69.5%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
18.8%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
7.8%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
11.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
39.8%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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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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128 words analyzed.
Analysis
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