Enemies of Reason

Wikipedia

For Richard Dawkins, 'Wikipedia world' presents both great opportunity and huge danger. The impersonal algorithms of internet search engines do not weed out robust evidence from unsourced, uncorroborated assertion. Paranoid conspiracy theories circulate on the web unchallenged, from harmless fun about fake moon landings to downright insidious lies about 9/11 or the highly damaging but ultimately discredited scare over the MMR vaccine. This, argues Dawkins, is where the irrational mindset, the world of private hunches and no respect for evidence, can lead us.

channel4.com - Application Error

Skip Channel4 main Navigation

Parental Control

Explore Channel4: Food; Homes; Film; Comedy; News; See All

Apologies, but this page is temporarily unavailable.

Our technical team are made aware of most faults almost immediately - and fix them as soon as possible. Please revisit the site at the next convenient opportunity, when we would hope and expect this problem to have been resolved.

If you have returned to the site and are still having problems, please contact us here

Best wishes

Channel 4 webteam

/cl=v

Travel into the unknown through the frontiers of mystery

A look at the world's major faiths plus a forum for debate and discussion

Share your opinions about the issues raised in this programme