X-Files’ Agent Scully and The Power of Skepticism: Why We’re Drawn to the Unknown ?️?

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In this world of ghosts, cryptids, aliens, and all other sorts of phenomena, there’s a big emphasis on belief. This, of course, has led to a split: the true believers and the skeptics. But while skeptics are often thought of as wholly against accepting any sort of otherworldly phenomenon, when we look a little closer we often find that isn’t the case – they just want proof. And that drive to disprove (or maybe even possibly prove) these seemingly unexplainable things often means that some skeptics can’t help but get drawn into this world. So, what keeps pulling us skeptics in? And… could we even be the key to unlocking the truth about these kinds of mysteries?

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:59 The desire to believe...
03:41 Skeptics vs True Believers
06:21 Thanks to ZocDoc!
07:36 Finding "proof"
10:38 Still searching, together

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Films/shows featured in this video:

The X-Files
Annihilation (2018)
Arrival (2016)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Coco (2017)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Independence Day (1996)
Paranormal Activity (2007)
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Signs (2002)
Ghost Hunters (2004 -)
Ghost Adventures (2008 - )
Destination Truth (2007 - 2012)
The Chilling Labyrinth of the Winchester Mansion - Ghost Files, Watcher
The Demonic Goatman's Bridge - Buzzfeed Unsolved Supernatural
History's Greatest Mysteries: Harry Houdini's Lost Diaries Revealed - History
The UnXplained: Was Houdini's Mystifying Magic Actually Real? - History
How Seances Work - How It Works Mag

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