Richard Dawkins: The Enemies Of Reason - Part II genre: Hip-Gnosis & Video-Philes
The following video clips are the second part of a multi-part series here at Thought Theater. The series will provide Richard Dawkins' two part program titled The Enemies Of Reason. The first posting can be found here...and it includes more detail on the issues being discussed as well as a link to some additional information on the topic.
From the original posting:
Richard Dawkins, the author of the recent book, The God Delusion, has unveiled his latest endeavor in a series just recently aired in the UK. The series tackles the many threats to reason found in our daily lives.
In two programs, Dawkins looks at astrology, psychic mediums, and the many other superstition based fields which he contends promote the degradation of rationality and an avoidance of reality...all of which threatens the many advances that have resulted from the scientific method and serve to undermine civilization.
During the program, Dawkins actually uses the scientific method to demonstrate that those who present themselves as practitioners in these various fields are little more than charlatans who have made a business out of praying upon the irrational thoughts and desires of people seeking easy answers to our complex human experience.
The Enemies Of Reason: 1st. Program - Part Three
The Enemies Of Reason: 1st. Program - Part Four
The Enemies Of Reason: 1st. Program - Part Five
Tagged as: Astrology, David Colquhoun, Rationality, Religion, Richard Dawkins, Scientific Method
Daniel DiRito | August 18, 2007 | 9:40 AM
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