In his Channel 4 documentary The Enemies of Reason, Richard Dawkins attacks what he rightly regards as an epidemic of irrational thinking, or, as he puts it, humanity's "retreat into the fog of the superstitious past."
He notes, for example, that 25% of the British population believe in astrology, and that more column inches in British newspapers are devoted horoscopes than to science.
In a manner which I found at times to be highly amusing, Dawkins debunks astrologists, psychics, tarot card readers, and purveyors of alternative therapies.
Watch part 2 of The Enemies of Reason below.
Comments
Since Creationists demand equal time in the classroom for Intelligent Design as for Evolution by Natural Selection, here's my modest proposal.
We should petition to get a law passed that every newspaper which prints an Astrology column MUST also print an Astronomy column.
Posted by: Jonathan Vos Post | August 28, 2007 8:19 AM
Dawkins kicks ass .... with class.
Posted by: anon | August 28, 2007 8:20 AM
The video doesn't seem to be working, Mo.
Posted by: Caledonian | August 28, 2007 8:42 AM
It seems to have been removed from Google Video. I've put part 2 up instead. Hopefully that won't be removed so quickly.
Posted by: Mo | August 28, 2007 9:03 AM