Mr.Gee is under the impression that aliens exist.As evidence,he cites the several thousand individuals who claim to have been abducted by aliens.Yet he ignores that there are billions of individuals who do not claim abduction.This is an example of:
A) base-rate neglect.
B) conservatism.
C) the gambler's fallacy.
D) the law of averages.

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This is an example of base-rate neglect, which is the tendency to ignore or underestimate the prevalence of a specific phenomenon, and instead focus on individual cases or anecdotes. In this case, Mr. Gee is focusing on the few thousand individuals who claim to have been abducted by aliens and ignoring the billions of individuals who haven't.

MrGee Is Under the Impression That Aliens Exist