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An Update On Project Alpha and Your Emails

World's Greatest Con

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The Power of Confidence

John writes, I was born in 1984 and I grew up loving Ghostbusters. After a decade plus of so many people expecting something to prove the paranormal what if scientists really proved it? That sounds like a good setup for a movie in the movie, a physicist, a great BS or an true believer find each other. Just when they get real proof, the project alpha revelation hits and nobody at Columbia University will risk the same embarrassment. Project alpha poisoned the wealth so much that there's no amount of proof that will convince some people. All that cultural knowledge and background makes the Ghostbusters story pop so much more.

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