the part of Ghostbusters that strains my credulity is that in their universe there seem to be scientists who don't believe in ghosts. You'd think that the accumulated evidence would be pretty overwhelming by the 1980s!
Accumulated evidence has actually tended to slam into the brick wall of popularity contestance.
Accumulated evidence has actually tended to slam into the brick wall of popularity contestance.
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