Thread by @DrGJackBrown

1/ THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4614: Bill Gates regarding Jeffrey Epstein

#BodyLanguageExpert #BodyLanguage #BillGates #JeffreyEpstein

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1423075010520883203

2/  What follows is a nonverbal analysis of the above included video segment of Anderson Cooper's recent interview of Bill Gates.

3/  ANDERSON COOPER: "Can you explain your relationship with Epstein? Did you have any concerns? A—, was there ever any concerns you had about it?"

4/ BILL GATES: "Oh, certainly — ahhh, you know I — had several dinners with him — ahhh, — ya know hoping, ahhh, ——— what he said about getting billions of philanthropy for global health — ahhh, through, ahhh contacts that he had – might emerge...."

5/ GATES (continued): "...Ya know, when it looked like that wasn't the real thing, that relationship ended, but, but it was a huge mistake, ahhh, to spend time with him, to give him the credibility of,..."

6/  GATES (continued): "....ya know, being there, there-'ere were lots of others, ahhh, in that same situation, but I —, I made a, ah mistake."

7/ Anderson Cooper had a longer preface to this question than this short clip suggests, but just after Cooper says, "Can you explain your relationship with Epstein?", Bill Gates tilts his head to his right, displays a tightening of his neck muscles, & intensifies his expression.

8/ Note the tightened area above the upper lips and below the nose (mustache area). His nostrils are also flared. Gates's lips, particularly his upper lip, is thin and stretched horizontally with a superimposed concave-down arc (anger with regret).

9/ His chin is jutting forward (high adrenaline, in this context indicating anger). There is also tension in his lower eyelids (anger). Gates's neck muscles also tightened just before this image capture (fear).

10/ Thus, this is an excellent example of multiple emotions being expressed in one moment — an amalgam of primarily Anger, a secondary (and fairly strong) component of Regret, and a tertiary emotion of Fear.

11/ Just a second prior to this moment, as Cooper was still asking his question, Gates glimpsed *subtly*, down to his right. This is the quadrant to which we almost always look when we feel guilty, regret, sadness — and during deception.

12/ It's important to differentiate between 2 kinds of Guilt — when one feels remorseful (ergo, Remorse-Guilt) & when one knows they are probably going to be caught & suffer consequences (Culpability-Guilt) — both are characterized with glances toward one's right lower quadrant.

13/ The next time you watch an interview of a losing coach or a player after a game, watch how many times they shrug one or both shoulders. It will typically happen many times.

14/ When there's a bad outcome, the 'leader', whilst explaining (rationalizing) their loss/situation, will shrug quite frequently.

15/ Did you notice how many times Bill Gates shrugs one or both shoulders during this 43 second segment? At least 17 times. (Some similar and overlapping movements are described later in this thread)

16/ Another common demographic where shrugging occurs with high frequency are individuals who are lying. When a person feels like they're caught — when they're being painted in a corner/struggling to explain, the frequency of shrugging increases significantly.

17/ Shoulder shrugging, in general (or other types of shrugging, i.e., with hands, forehead, eyebrows, sometimes with knees/feet/legs if one is seated) are indications of the thought-emotions: What could I do? What does it matter? It's not my fault? I don't know. I don't care.

18/ It's crucial to note, that shrugging alone, does not signify a lie. But shrugging does make us suspicious for possible deception, particularly when we see it displayed again and again.

19/ Frequent shoulder-shrugging, in particular, is reminiscent of the quote from Hamlet, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

20/ As he begins to answer Anderson Cooper's question, Gates crosses his arms and keeps them crossed through the duration of this segment. Crossing one's arms in this context indicates low confidence, emotional discomfort, defensiveness, and possible deception.

21/ It's important to point out that crossing one's arms tends to facilitate an increase in shoulder shrugging. So this is another reason not to cross your arms.

22/ Although we would not see a wider view, I would recommend that Gates (or most anyone who can) stand during a video chat interview. Standing during video chats afford us less anxiety & are more relaxed. It gives off a completely different energy, especially if you're nervous.

23/ If you need to or insist on staying seated, NEVER cross your arms. If you're worried that you may cross them, get a stress ball and practice using it whilst video chatting (And of course, avoid over squeezing it and keep it off camera).

24/ Now for a bit of an unexpected detour — There are four basic scenarios that cause a man's testicles to retract closer to his abdomen: A. Fear, B. Sexual Excitement, C. Cold temperature, D. Cremasteric reflex (this is the only one of the four that's typically unilateral).

25/ The rectum will also tighten with fear — although with extreme fear, such as an active combat setting, your physiology may suddenly go in the opposite direction — and both defecating and urinating in one's pants can then be quite common.

26/ As a person elevates off their chair in this manner, sometimes just a centimeter or less, the tension is momentarily relieved from the pelvic base. Often, but not always, there is a simultaneous forward repositioning on the chair as well.

27/ So when we see Gates elevate off of his chair for a split-second (which looks decidedly different than a shrug even though our view is just his head, neck, and a portion of his torso) we know he's experiencing a significant level of increasing anxiety, crescendoing to fear.

28/ Gates has two such butt elevations during this 43 second video (one at 0:08 seconds and another at 0:27 seconds). He's in a state of anxiety and indeed, not insignificant fear.

29/ As Gates says, "...there, there-'ere were lots of others...", he makes a particular expression that is highly suspect for deception — comprised of an elevated central forehead contraction together with a partially suppressed mouth smile (not a true smile).

30/ As he makes this elevated forehead contraction with a partial fleeting, feigned mouth smile expression, Gates is simultaneously displaying one of his *many* shoulder shrugs.

31/ (Gates displayed another elevated central forehead contraction with suppressed mouth smile this earlier in the video, as he said, "... Might emerge...",)

32/ Did you notice that for much of the last 13 seconds of this 43 second clip, Gates is shaking his head no as he's saying it was a mistake (twice) and "there, there-'ere were lots of others, ahhh, in that same situation"?

33/ This side-to-side ("No") head shaking sends out nonverbal messages that are contradictory to his verbal statements. Gates is displaying significant cognitive-emotional dissonance present in this moment.

34/ Additionally, Gates's use of ...there, there-'ere were lots of others..." — is an open attempt at diffusion of responsibility (some may call this a 'Whataboutism').

35/ This not only dilutes his (weak) explanation, but it's childish, causes us to like him less, and it engenders distrust in him. In short, it's poor leadership and a very poor crisis management technique.

36/ It's of course, profoundly common that millionaires and billionaires frequently have people who, with some guise of legitimacy, seek their audience in an effort to solicit various questionable business ventures (or worse).

37/ And while it's easy to say this here, in retrospect, anyone billionaire or investing firm even contemplating entering into any kind of a business venture should not only vet prospective clients 'on paper' — they should also be vetting them behaviorally.

38/ For Gates (or anyone) associating with Epstein in real time, should have been seeing behavioral red lights flashing and sirens blaring.

39/ Suppose for a moment, Gates is telling the truth, why didn't Gates see Epstein's red flags? If you were an innocent Billionaire/CEO, would you have seen them? Are you sure?

40/ Although Gates did use a lot of "ahhhs" during this segment, his stuttering was relatively minimal.

41/ In the very last second, Gates's expression was that of extreme regret mixed with some anger. Note the extreme downward and lateral vectoring of the corners of the mouth.

42/ Also his jaw jutting forward (adrenaline surge) together with his extreme inward lip roll and essentially disappearing lips.

43/ SUMMARY: Based on his body language, verbal language, and paralanguage behavior displayed in this video segment of Bill Gates, he has significant anxiety, fear, anger, and regret. There is a high probability Gates is being deceptive during this video segment.

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44/ (Summary continued): Despite his high intelligence and his experience with numerous interviews over decades, Gates's ability to handle himself in a #CrisisManagement scenario is significantly below average.

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45/ (Summary continued): Most probably Gates's training in interpersonal crisis management was minimal to zero. Moreover, his ability to vet his personal and business relationships from an emotional intelligence perspective has significant blind spots.

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