Richard Dawkins Visits the Alternative Health Fair

[foojuice101]

What the hell is this new age bullshit?

[robertwlester]

I've been to a few psychic fairs, I used to be a new age nut, now I'm not a c#nt,

thanks to rationality, many thinkers have debunked the bullshit, and in that I find a lot of respect for Dawkins and other free thinkers.

[hilliuno]

0:43

head orgasm :D

[Koopatroopa01]

HAHAHA.. psychic energy.. whats that:P?

[UjioSatashi]

what are these wands used for lol

[Xsuprio]

NO ANGELS FOR YOU!

[backwoodsninja]

He should have asked the magnetic therapy guy, "Fuckin' magnets ... how do they work?"

[deIeteThisComment]

@hilbert137 hah

[Wiinajamizzi]

1:09

That was beautiful! Is that really him playing? He's the freaking pied piper!

[Aphrocraft]

This is a nice comical break from watching critical videos.

[Aphrocraft]

One can apply controlled experimentation to Magick; Aleister Crowley suggests that one does just that.

[Aphrocraft]

@ParisSpleen74 That's what she said.

[Am3ricanAth3ist]

It's as if hes saying.. "whats this bullshit nonsense over here supposed to do?" It's crazy how the people running these scams probably actually believe they work or something

[TheStrayCross]

I am looking for a young kid with cancer who wants to visit this Alternative Health Fair on camera ...

[dhide14]

Is is just me, or does Dawkins sound like C3PO??

[derman077]

Hey Richard Dawkins. I like you. But you're an Ahole.

[raldakejla]

great video, i love the wands part

[Krazed2Kraze]

"what are these wands used for?" <3 Dawkins

[tomos20]

great video! :D

Richard Dawkins, Monty python and Pink floyd - that's why I love Great Britain

But I'm a bit jealous too;)

[costatropicalgranada]

Was there supposed to be a point to this video? If so it eluded me.

[DrThunder88]

Maybe I missed it, what were those wands used for?

[Noxilein2008]

The thing on 1:00 is actually feeling amazing on your head. I have one of these at home but it feels better when another person use it on you.

[ParisSpleen74]

@Noxilein2008

it always feels better when someone else does it for you

[AdamArchangel]

I liked the part where he asked what the wands were used for

[ZerqTM]

If you give a starving man a fish you feed him for a day...

give that man a fishing rod and he can feed himself...

If he refuses it BEAT HIM WITH IT!

In a society founded on technoligy and learning i see no reason to respect or tolerate willfull ignorance people need to grow the fuck up!

everyones bulshit detectors sould be switched at least to medium!

[gregstaddon]

...

What are these wands used for?

[rmcdaniel423]

Magic wands and shoulder angels are all well and good. But when one of these quacks gets an occluded coronary artery, you can bet your ass they will be running to science for help.

[VulcanFleet]

What's that thing on his head at 0:56? Weird. I like the angels bit: "Well, you haven't got any, then."

[ChuckyJesus666]

I didn't know he played the recorder....nice.

[TonyBtheEG]

WIN.

[lithfrasir]

To be honest if they believe in the healing power of this crap it could well have a plecebo effect.

[magx01]

@lithfrasir

Yes, and that's precisely the point. 

[CRAGIFICATION]

Lol gotta love Dawkins

[frankie2ubabe]

their is a sucker born every minute!

[HURUHRA]

The head attachment is very similar to Edward Current's Prayermax 5000 (so named because it has 5000 volts running through it).

That didn't work either

[ralphKNS]

oh man

I love Perfect Strangers!!

[omniscient232]

bad editing.

[janellc122]

I want one of those head massager things.

[biggiddy12]

no you dont, they tickle like hell!

[venelis888]

lmao i love how it ends

[JQisAwesome]

The line "What are these wands used for?" made me laugh each time it was replayed.

[acorntechnique]

I'm not surprised he doesn't have any angels.

I wouldn't want to float around him either...

[ElectricG]

i really wanted to find out wat was with the fucken wands

[rainbowheydrich]

ZOMJ this was one of the funniest videos I have seen!! Mr. Dawkins has a way of really tearing them to pieces! I love the bit where he asks the lady how many angels he has and she says "none" xD (of course, none of us have any as they do not exist...)

And the bit where he's like "Ooh, that feels nice" is great too! He is so amazing, I love him! :D

He's living proof that SCIENCE IS SEXY! xD

[prschuster]

With creationists on the right and new agers on the left, what's a rational person supposed to do?

[acorntechnique]

Ummmm.. shoot himself?

[prschuster]

That's not rational.

[TheWordOfBod]

explore the vast, gaping gap in the middle that is filled with science, logic and rationality...

[jazzx251]

... wave a magic wand to make them go away of course!

[alwayspoppies]

He's a clarinet-playing evolutionary biologist. What other reasons do you need to love Richard Dawkins?

[thebutler89]

1:09  I love how the camera pans over and he's just staring right at her

[donignacio2000]

It's a lot more fun for me watching Dawkins throw daggers at new age medicine than my religion. :P

[micheldvorsky]

"What are these WANDS used for?" -- HAHAHA.

[Zephemus]

"Ooh that feels nice"

You see massage therapy is proven to work on a level of helping to provide a healthier life.

The rest of the shit on here, crap, superstition, speculation and no experimentation to provide empirical evidence to its veracity.

[jazzx251]

The best bit is when he has a reading from a medium.

The medium tells him what his dead father's saying to him.

... except his dad's still alive!

[ContraceptiveElbow]

what are these wands used for?

[wildboy789789]

because i am now higher and drunker i will say again after watching this again

RICHARD IS THE A-FUCKIN-MAZINGEST PERSON EVER OR TO BE!!!!!!!!!!!

i hope he becomes the immortal dictator of america

[tomos20]

@wildboy789789

you watch videos like this when you're drunk?

that means even drunk people rely much more ''on their head'' (as the nice lady in the vid said:) then religious people

[wildboy789789]

@tomos20 if i want to learn somthing ill watch an interview with mr.dawkins... when i want to laugh and im drunk ill watch richard fuck around with religious idiots

[tomos20]

@wildboy789789

well, great. i don't know what to say now, good for you.

wtf are these wands used for anyway?

[wildboy789789]

HAHAHA richard is my god

[LeatherCladVegan]

Heh, that poor lady in the pink shirt. She thinks she's got a customer, but when she looks across, it is none other than Richard Dawkins.

Best hand-in-the-cookie-jar moment ever.

[deabrat]

i think this holistic stuff needs 2 be taken seriously.....as a serious threat to our wallets, that is.

[DantehMan]

Best use of an ellipses (that is the "...") ever.

[SaintBlade]

what are these wands for?

[tee1up]

Wands?

Diagon alley?

At least Potter kept us entertained without completely emptying out pockets.

[jazzx251]

Speak for yourself.

When you add up the cost of cinema tickets, popcorn and the books themselves, Harry Potter cleans a typical family out of more than £300 ($450)

[TheWordOfBod]

isn't that his point. that it won't bankrupt you (unless your household income is 300 quid) yet it does entertain. whereas this fake healing crap will not heal you, entertain you or anything else but still take your money...

[jazzx251]

I know - I was just kidding. I've watched all the Harry Potter films so far released (and I only go to the cinema if I SERIOUSLY want to see something) and will be watching the last two.

[L00NGB00W]

@jazzx251

Or you could download 'em! heh heh!

[tydn87]

You have a good sense of humor. :D I liked the last part (after credits)

[surGeonGG]

"Science is interesting. If you don't agree you can fuck off."

Best quote ever

[Aspiegrrrl]

Yes!

I burst into a big laughter, Dawkins is always so polite, so this came completely unexpected!

:D

[DantehMan]

No kidding. I agree with the other commenter on this too, totally unexpected.

[jiurgis]

weird editing...

[StompinDino]

Dawkins is a bad ass ♥

[martli]

What are these wands used for?

[Sandbag209]

Oh, that feels nice!

[Jessymandias]

that thing that he used on his head!

they DO feel nice/but you need a partner to do it for you, or it looses some of its effect.

[Animas3D]

Ha ha ha! That was funny!

[TheEyesOfNye]

This is great, from what did the footage of the fair come from?

"What are these wands used for" So funny.

[StompinDino]

I'm pretty sure it's from "The Enemies of Reason".

[Aspiegrrrl]

It is. ;)

[nausinora]

What was that music at the end? I know that tv tune! Argh it's bugging me!

[ArchieAA]

the picture at the very end should be a clue.

[nausinora]

yeah I know them I just can't remember the show, will have to hunt through tv show names

[smartpeoplewillagree]

@nausinora Just saw your post and sorry for this being so late lol, but it's from the TV show, Perfect Strangers.

[magx01]

@nausinora

Perfect Strangers.

[SourAlex85]

It seems that Dawkins has finally cracked and given in to supersticion!

[grands1am]

"What are these wands used for?" ahhagahgsdghds

[ArchieAA]

I don't know, maybe I'm the only one who finds that hilarious... Richard Dawkins asking some freak at an alternative health fair what their stupid wands are used for it just cracked me up, just the way he leans in and the way he says it... I dont know

[hilbert137]

wands motherfucker! what are they used for!

[tommynoddy]

Hahaha fucking awesome

[wildboy789789]

@hilbert137 lol... LOL HAHAHAHAHAHAH

[Pantera4LifeXTX]

@ArchieAA Exactly, I laughed like hell about that too.

[josephdrew87]

Great montage. Richard is so hilarious when confronting those daft New Age folks. "Oooh, that feels nice..."

[DaveGrossmanSoloBass]

Dawkins is amazingly nice to these people, nicer than they deserve. Those among them who are simply delusional should be referred to a psychiatrist and the scammers should be jailed. There's no excuse for this crap.

Thanks for the vid!