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Bell brushes off critics who charge that his uncritical airing of such nonsense only promotes scientific illiteracy and, as in the case of Heaven's Gate, can actually have harmful consequences. "All we glorify really is the possibility that we as humans are more than we appear to be," he says. "I have an opportunity to push in that direction, and I do. I have an open mind. I'll listen to anybody."
--By Leon Jaroff. Reported by James Willwerth/Pahrump