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THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2011

Michael Shermer
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The 1990's über conspiracy-theory television series The X-Files was a decade-defining and culture-reflecting mosh pit of UFOs, extraterrestrials, psychics, demons, monsters, mutants, shape-shifters, serial killers, paranormal phenomena, urban legends turned real, corporate cabals and government cover-ups, and leakages unveiled by a deep-throat-like ‘cigarette smoking man’ character played, ironically, by real-life skeptic William B. Davis. Gillian Anderson's skeptical FBI agent Dana Scully played off David Duchovny's believing character Fox Mulder, whose slogans became posterized pop-culture catch-phrases ‘I want to believe’ and ‘The truth is out there’.

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Research Article
Information
Think , Volume 11 , Issue 30 , Spring 2012 , pp. 11 - 24
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2011

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