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b'Shifting Realities, Part 1\\n\\nThe end of two paranormal and conspiracy-affirming institutions from the 90\\u2019s may have something to say about how differently we shape our reality today than we did in years past.\\n\\nRadio host Art Bell dies at 72\\n\\n\\u2018The X-Files\\u2019 Is Done, and Please Let It Be For Good\\n\\nBoth the X files and Art Bell belong to an earlier era. As entertainment, they are quite similar (although many take the Art Bell stuff seriously.) But it\\u2019s hard to use UFOs and conspiracy theories as entertainment when crazy, paranoid ideas are so common--more or less mainstream.\\n\\nMeanwhile, fringe ideas have gotten more extreme. Some people believe that every shooting that occurs is a FEMA production. Some seriously believe in the Mandela Effect -- which the X Files references in a humorous episode earlier this year. And a growing number of people are now saying that they intend to keep and \\u201copen mind\\u201d about whether the earth is flat.\\xa0\\n\\nI sreality getting hard to grasp, or are we just having a harder time committing to it? Either way, what should we do next?\\n\\nWT 427-740\\n\\nEternity Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\\n\\nImage from Pixabay.com'