The once popular X-Files, vignettes about a fictional FBI team's exploration of paranormal events, was in essence a program about the varying ways we react to novel and unexpected phenomena. Fox Mulder, the lead agent, driven to find explanations to their observations, was quick to embrace theories that threatened plausibility and current scientific dogma, often favoring iconoclastic solutions. In essence, he embodied many of the attributes of an "early adopter" in our world of electrophysiology. His partner, Dana Scully, was ever the scientist, maintaining a healthy skepticism that bordered on an unhealthy reluctance to tread far from accepted principles.
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