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A very good movie about skepticism moreCast
(Credited cast) | Brian Dunning | ... | Himself |
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Here Be Dragons is an impressive movie about skepticism. It was about time someone made a documentary with this approach to teaching critical thinking. I'm very satisfied with the way Brian Dunning, the maker of the Skeptoid weekly podcast, chose to attack pseudoscience and hoaxes: Instead of presenting us, the viewers, with a case and then the evidence for or against (which could be wrong, for all we know), he tries to equip us with the tools for critical thinking.
He has also done much to avoid controversy and staying friendly; even though a sequence in the beginning of the movie might come off as labeling believers in pseudoscience as stupid, most of the movie is dedicated to attacking the beliefs, not the believers. Even if you don't agree with Dunning, you have to be a very closed minded believer to find it offensive in any way.
After seeing this movie, I began regularly listening to Dunning's podcast (Skeptoid), and it has made me genuinely interested in skepticism. The film is very good, even though it's low budget, and even if it's not your favorite movie, you will not lose interest before the end. And on the technical side of things: Don't expect something with a lot of fancy animations, but you won't find much in the production to complain about; the sound and picture quality is great, the narration is well done and the background music complements the pictures perfectly.
Schools all over the world should stop showing other movies in their science classes, because this is the best educational tool any science teacher can have, and it's free to download from www.herebedragonsmovie.com and licensed under a Creative Commons-license, which allows for public display.