Comrade J
9th August 2007, 21:22
On Monday 13th August on Channel 4 (Britain) there is the first part of a new Richard Dawkins documentary called 'The Enemies of Reason'.
From the producers -
Is it rational that the dead can communicate with the living and give sound advice on how they should live their lives? What about sticking pins into your body to free the flow of Chi energy and cure your illness? Or the bending of spoons using your mind alone? Is that rational? Richard Dawkins doesn’t think so, and feels it is his duty to expose those areas of belief that exist without scientific proof, yet manage to hold the nation under their spell. He will take on the world’s leading proponents in their field of expertise, meet the victims who have used them and expose the history of the movements – from the charlatans who have milked these practices to the experiments and testing that have failed to produce conclusive results.
The second part will be aired on 20th August, and will be called 'The Irrational Health Service,' targeting homeopathy and pseudo-scientists who endorse it.
Practically everybody I know is an atheist, but some of them still believe in paranormal shit, so I'm going to try and get as many of them as possible to watch this.
From the producers -
Is it rational that the dead can communicate with the living and give sound advice on how they should live their lives? What about sticking pins into your body to free the flow of Chi energy and cure your illness? Or the bending of spoons using your mind alone? Is that rational? Richard Dawkins doesn’t think so, and feels it is his duty to expose those areas of belief that exist without scientific proof, yet manage to hold the nation under their spell. He will take on the world’s leading proponents in their field of expertise, meet the victims who have used them and expose the history of the movements – from the charlatans who have milked these practices to the experiments and testing that have failed to produce conclusive results.
The second part will be aired on 20th August, and will be called 'The Irrational Health Service,' targeting homeopathy and pseudo-scientists who endorse it.
Practically everybody I know is an atheist, but some of them still believe in paranormal shit, so I'm going to try and get as many of them as possible to watch this.