Nobody sees that and thinks it is real science. “Cryogenically preserved heads communicating with each other, that's just absurd. “It's important to get accurate science in the shows because people don't know the difference between good science and inaccurate science,” she says.
Simon sees an important line between the type of paranormal fiction that is clearly fantasy and plot elements that may appear to be real science. “The last thing you want is for people to be discussing, 'well she's doing this stuff for The X Files.' I was worried that I would have trouble getting grants or getting published,” she says. “Seeing my name in the credits, it made my heart jump.
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So in spite of being thrilled to help with the scripts for her favorite TV show, she didn't tell anyone about it for years. Like the main characters in “The X-Files,” Simon knew that associating her name with the paranormal could be a career risk. But you don't even have to know “The X-Files” to come and get something out of it. And then I'll talk about the science behind the sixth episode. I'll talk about some funny stuff with making the movie. “I will show pages of the original script and how we went through corrections. “I'm going to start out by talking about how I got involved,” she says. Simon is a featured Smithsonian Associates speaker this month and will be discussing how science plays a role in the highly acclaimed show at the Hirshhorn Museum on March 6. All of the science in that episode came from me.” Chris was working on the last episode of the first season, so I helped him a lot with that episode. “I hadn't realized that the Chris Carter I'd known for years was the same Chris Carter who made the show. Carter was a family friend (Simon's father was a screen writer), “I was such a big fan of the show,” she says. As a scientist, I keep an open mind.”Ĭhris Carter, creator of the recently revived “X-Files,” has called on Simon since 1993 when he needs to employ scientific fact in a script.
But do I believe? I don't think there's evidence for it. “Like everyone else, I think it would be wonderful if some of the science fiction that you read becomes fact some day. “I think everyone wants to believe that there's more than just the existence that we see here,” says Simon, who is the author of the 2001 book, The Real Science Behind The X-Files: Microbes, Meteorites and Mutants.
In the paranormal, in another new season of “The X-Files,” in the hope that GMOs can feed and cure the world.īut the accomplished biologist knows that there is a difference between wanting to believe and actually believing. Davis-there has been no official announcement about whether an 11th season will pick up where the recent cliffhanger left off.Ģ015 Fox Broadcasting Co. Left to Right: Mitch Pileggi, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and William B.
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