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I shared this clip once before<\/a>, but that clip was removed from YouTube for copyright reasons. I suspect that this one may also have the same thing happen. And so before it does, I thought I would share it one more time. Today in my religion and science fiction class, we discussed mutants and the mythologization of evolution in TV shows such as Heroes and comic books and movies such as X-Men.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"