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"Enemies of Reason"
Episode 1 - "Slaves to Superstition."
Prof Richard Dawkins tackles the epidemic of
irrational, superstitious thinking which is blotting the light of logic and
evidence. After garnering tips on psychics' entirely earthly trade secrets from
the illusionist Derren Brown, Dawkins attends a séance and confronts the
medium. Time and again, the interviewees appeal to personal revelation or
second-hand anecdote to justify their belief.
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Episode 2 - "The Irrational Health
Service."
Prof Richard Dawkins looks at how health has become a battleground between
reason and superstition. A third of us now spend a total of over 1.6 billion a
year on superstitious alternative remedies, but 80% of them have never been
subjected to properly conducted trials.
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