Enemies of Reason Ep.2 (4 of 5)

Part Two - 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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• superstition
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• atheism

[AraGuitar]

the structure of water?! One oxygen atom with two hydrogen atoms attached about at a 104.45 degree angle with respect to each other. NOBEL PRIZE HERE I COME! :D

[Epsio0]

"nobody knows what the structure of liquid water is..." Isn't it H2O?

[Michaevelli81]

friggin' magnets, how do they work? xD

[Michaevelli81]

friggin' magnets, how do they work? xD

[yellingjelly]

I think what he meant to say with "nobody knows what the structure of liquid water is" isn't the H2O structure of the molecule, but the exact behavior and the interactions of the water molecules in it's liquid state. Of course it's hard for physics to describe fluid systems precisely, but still, we know the forces and have formulae to describe it's behavior

[SLRCRowbot]

kinesiology?! That is no kind of kinesiology I have ever seen!

[noentrie]

This guy is a fucking retard

[SuperMemzzz]

@AraGuitar no no no, nobody exactly know what water's structure is! :p

[VidkunQL]

So Dr. Baum wants to recruit these warm, caring, empathic people "to practice proper medicine" and become "proper doctors". Maybe someone should ask why "proper doctors" aren't so nice and attentive. I suspect that medical school and internship are such horrible ordeals that they weed out the sensitive souls, and colossal tuition costs and malpractice insurance premiums keep the doctors' attention on money rather than patients. I wonder how much of that is necessary...

[Ikorose11]

you can tell when Dawkins gets frustrated with the persons idiocy when he starts blinking real fast LOL

[groomedtodie]

Seriously. They're all placebo shamans.

[Todobond7]

placebo effect LOL!