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The Enemies of Reason

There are two ways of looking at the world – through faith and superstition or through the rigours of logic, observation and evidence – in other words, through reason. Reason and a respect for evidence are precious commodities, the source of human progress and our safeguard against fundamentalists and those who profit from obscuring the truth. Yet, today, society appears to be retreating from reason. Apparently harmless but utterly irrational belief systems from astrology to New Age mysticism, clairvoyance to alternative health remedies are booming. Richard Dawkins confronts what he sees as an epidemic of irrational, superstitious thinking...

Show Info

Network: United Kingdom Channel 4 (2007 - 2007)
Schedule: Mondays (60 min)
Status: Ended
Show Type: Documentary
Episodes ordered: 2 episodes

Official site: web.archive.org

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The Irrational Health Service

Episode 1x02; Aug 20, 2007

Professor Richard Dawkins looks at how health has become a battleground between reason and superstition.

Previous Episodes

Episode NameAirdateTrailer
1x02: The Irrational Health ServiceAug 20, 2007
1x01: Slaves to SuperstitionAug 13, 2007
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