“By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.”

— Richard Dawkins

The Enemies of Reason, "The Irrational Health Service" [1.02], 20 August 2007, timecode 00:13:05"ff"
The Enemies of Reason (August 2007)
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