The Occult
27 August 2011, 02:07 AM
What do you think about Richard Dawkins,the hardcore atheist
I have seen some of the programs where he tries to investigate the the beliefs and methodology behind religions and "supernatural" work like mediums,dowsing
They are in different titles :"The Root of all evil"(Religion) ,"Enemies of reason" and "The God Delusion"
In the part of the program he tries to explain why science should be followed instead of things that he considers as "Mumbo-Jumbo"
Sometimes I do feel that he makes sense.Like when he talks about how scientific proofs holds validity - whatever evidence that gets collected,gets backed by more evidence to point out at the same thing and its years and years of evidence that gets collected to finally come to a statement
In part one of Enemies of reason, he investigates the psychics to find out if what they do has any basis.He finds out that most of them rely on guesswork and probability
I also have to agree with him on this count because even though I have heard so many ghost stories,I have never experience any such things myself
Even when I hear noises,I just tell myself that its my own imaginations and the noises disappear
However I dont totally discredit paranormal phenomenon like telepathy or precognition.I believe it could be possible
Then on the other half, he explores alternative medicine and tries to explain why they are not valid
This is where I started to feel that he is way too obsessed with science when he tries to totally negate ancient health practices like Ayurveda or Siddha
Obviously they may not be effective for all ailments but they have been effective for some ailments which modern medicine have failed to cure
He then tries to say how much of extensive research has been done to get an approval for every drug sold i the market while these people do things without anyone monitoring them
He may be correct but then still that does justify him to devalue a system of medicine thats 5000 years old
What do you think of this guy inline with other rationalists
I have seen some of the programs where he tries to investigate the the beliefs and methodology behind religions and "supernatural" work like mediums,dowsing
They are in different titles :"The Root of all evil"(Religion) ,"Enemies of reason" and "The God Delusion"
In the part of the program he tries to explain why science should be followed instead of things that he considers as "Mumbo-Jumbo"
Sometimes I do feel that he makes sense.Like when he talks about how scientific proofs holds validity - whatever evidence that gets collected,gets backed by more evidence to point out at the same thing and its years and years of evidence that gets collected to finally come to a statement
In part one of Enemies of reason, he investigates the psychics to find out if what they do has any basis.He finds out that most of them rely on guesswork and probability
I also have to agree with him on this count because even though I have heard so many ghost stories,I have never experience any such things myself
Even when I hear noises,I just tell myself that its my own imaginations and the noises disappear
However I dont totally discredit paranormal phenomenon like telepathy or precognition.I believe it could be possible
Then on the other half, he explores alternative medicine and tries to explain why they are not valid
This is where I started to feel that he is way too obsessed with science when he tries to totally negate ancient health practices like Ayurveda or Siddha
Obviously they may not be effective for all ailments but they have been effective for some ailments which modern medicine have failed to cure
He then tries to say how much of extensive research has been done to get an approval for every drug sold i the market while these people do things without anyone monitoring them
He may be correct but then still that does justify him to devalue a system of medicine thats 5000 years old
What do you think of this guy inline with other rationalists