Unweaving the rainbow: science, delusion and the appetite for wonder.

From: Queen's Quarterly | Date: March 22, 1999 | Copyright information

UNWEAVING THE RAINBOW: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder. Richard Dawkins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

It is interesting that The X-Files has been one of the most popular television shows over the past half decade. This is probably not because of its stars' minimalist acting, which might be a homage to Saturday morning cartoons. Judging by the take-offs that have appeared, entertainment executives think that the key to The X-Files is its imaginative acceptance of the paranormal. Some part of the recent bull market in the paranormal stems from millennial fever. ...

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