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Second episode of the 'Enemies of Reason' series, this time talking about medicine, or more properly alternative medicine. I quite agree with the explanation on why the placebo effect of the alternative medicines works so well, sometimes even better than the one caused by conventional medicine, by having the 'mystic' effect... We always prefer a supernatural explanation to a complex (but scientific) one. Nicholas Humphrey, a evolutionary psychologist that is interviewed in this documentary, has made some work on the subject, and I must say I was quite interested on his view...

Also mentioned in this film in the homeopathic medicine, which is quite popular nowadays. A quote from the documentary:

- But if homeopathy isn't tested properly, or flunks its trials, then why homeopaths remain popular?
- A lot of them own their success not to the homeopathy, but to the fact they are decent people, they have time, they're compassionate, they look the patient in the eye, they talk to someone for an hour, these are nice people! I would like to recruit these nice people to practice proper medicine, and in the end we've got proper doctors, empathetic doctors who will, in addition to the placebo effect of being that kind of physician, they can also add truly effective drugs.

Well, without further ado, the documentary:
And to finish, an idea also mentioned in this film:

"It's a teasing irony that the moneyed classes in the rick west are indulging super seeded Hindu magic, while in India, people are opting for modern vaccines and antibiotics."