Bill Catherall
Screenwriter
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- Aug 1, 1997
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Big, bad science...
I hope, by that quote, you aren't assuming I'm anti-science. I'm not. I love science. The problem I have is that many people think that we know all there is to know. Therefore there's a simple explanation, using what we know, for everything. People see a show on TV that offers some alternate theory and say "Well it's final then." Nobody ever uses their head to challenge what they see, unless it goes against what science has to say. What if science is wrong, or there's more to it than we originally thought?
Here's a theory...what if there was some kind of unseen world inhabited by intelligent life. What if some places or some people are prone to being exposed to glimses of this alternate world/dimension. The problem now is how to test this theory. To my knowledge we have no instruments that can detect alternate dimensions. We don't understand what causes this "unveiling" where the two worlds seem to come together and one is exposed to the other. We lack the science and understanding. I do agree with what Jack said. Not enough evidence is there for us to be able to sink our scientific teeth into. Perhaps our limited knowledge causes that lack of evidence...maybe?
That would be pretty funny if Scott's friends were able to pull off such a believable hoax. Especially pulling it off on someone that is pretty level headed and skeptical. The way Scott described it those kids would have to be pretty good actors though. (Unless they weren't in on it...but who would want to scare their own kids like that?) It would be one for the record books.