People are very selective about the kinds of things they want evidence for. It would be difficult to find empirical evidence that jesus was raised from the dead or whatever. I think it's interesting, because i suspect i'm more light minded with your beliefs but i'm an atheist. And i visited communities like the mosquito people who staid, of they the very, very religious people. They're actually christians, but they also have these other sort of belief that comes from their traditions as well. A and they cure their seizures with them ritual and with prayer. These people very often got better. When you encounter people with very similar medical problems in london, in us, in major
Michael Shermer speaks with award-winning Irish neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan about her work exploring the complexity of psychogenic illness affecting people all around the world. Her book The Sleeping Beauties, documents her investigation of psychosomatic disorders as she traveled the world visiting communities suffering from these so-called mystery illnesses. O’Sullivan records the remarkable stories of syndromes related to her by people from all walks of life. Riveting and often distressing, these case studies — both fascinating and of serious concern — are recounted with compassion and humanity as these syndromes continue to proliferate around the globe.