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: 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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Previous Episode
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 Name | Airdate | Trailer |
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1x02: The Irrational Health Service | Aug 20, 2007 | |
1x01: Slaves to Superstition | Aug 13, 2007 |