Derren - Fear & Faith ... is God a Placebo ?

[CraigMitchell]

Derren looks set to ruffle a few feathers next week with part 2 of his "Fear and Faith special" in which he asks the question - "Is God a Placebo?"

He is already posting on Facebook: "Part 2 on Friday. Gonna upset a few people I'm sure."

Should be interesting.

[Tim Ellis]

He actually said "Next week the biggest placebo of all... God"

No question asked....

[erdnasephile]

IMHO, mocking the faith of others in an attempt to drum up controversy (and presumably, ratings) isn't a terribly original tactic.

[Jonathan Townsend]

There are experiments in developmental psychology on active agency attribution where an imaginary creature interacts with people to some extent. I'm going next door for a few minutes - but if you take a cookie while I'm out of the room "Elmer" will know and tell me and you can't have one of the special cookies at the end of the experiment.

Link to article:
http://www.academia.edu/503195/_Princes ... s_cheating

[mrgoat]

IMHO, mocking the faith of others in an attempt to drum up controversy (and presumably, ratings) isn't a terribly original tactic.

I don't see how stating god is a placebo is mocking the faith of others. Mr Brown always seems quite respectful of people's belief systems to me.

[Richard Kaufman]

I will end this discussion now.
We do not discuss politics or religion here.
If Derren wants to cause a ruckus, that's his perogative.