As the years have gone on we�ve thought more and more about extra terrestrials and people�s interest in them. We�ve become more and more aware of the parallels between seeking to prove the existence of aliens and to prove the existence of God.

I think that�s a lot of what goes on within the real world and in the popular culture. With aliens and the U.F.O mythology it�s like looking for God. It�s looking for meaning, order. A greater sense of what the world is about. On another level that�s kind of what conspiracy theories do too.

The world�s too big for any one of us to encompass anymore ... we can�t possibly encompass all of it. So when you hear a conspiracy theory like you do in The X Files, it�s as if it�s giving you a magic key.

You go 'Oh, this is how it all works, I see, all these elements that don�t make sense to me'. This conspiracy theory connects it all for me and it�s very satisfying.

Now I don�t think that is the way the world works, but that�s the appeal of a conspiracy theory in a show like The X Files.

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