Richard Dawkins, The Enemies Of Reason, Part 1 – Slaves To Superstition

www.channel4.com
48 min 2 sec – Aug 14, 2007

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Richard Dawkins’ follow up series to the Root of Evil, tackles superstition in general, instead of organized religion. The series is currently being aired on TV in the UK, here is the first part.

Unfortunately one of the more dramatic scenes from the film, where a psychic is shown to be an out and out fraud, had to be cut for legal reasons. This film is more cheery than ‘the Root of Evil, and you almost feel sorry for some of those interviewed. But Dawkins does well to avoid the temptation of trying to justify science in terms of fashionable new age crap, to win friends. The result is ultimately less patronizing to those who are clearly deluded.

Thanks James.

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