May, 2023 - Rationale Magazine

29 May

How democracies survive

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, democracy is the worst form of government — except for every other one we’ve tried. While democracy is...

25 May

Science & Health

The impact and implications of large language models

25/05/2023
By James Fodor
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Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and Google Bard have attracted a great deal of publicity in recent months due to their imp...

22 May

Science & Health

We need to stop treating AI like humans

23/05/2023
By Neil Saunders
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The artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer Geoffrey Hinton recently resigned from Google, warning of the dangers of the technology...

19 May

Art, Humour & Poetry

MBJ’s view

See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson.

16 May

Law & Politics

The case for going nuclear

16/05/2023
By Dave Collins
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Throughout the 20th century, reliable and low-cost coal-fired electricity, plentiful oil for transport, and natural gas for heating and...

13 May

Education

Key statements absent from policies for new student wellbeing program

13/05/2023
By Si Gladman
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Two states are so far failing to implement the new National Student Wellbeing Program (NSWP) as agreed with the Albanese government, wi...

10 May

Law & Politics

The King’s coronation: Pomp and Australia’s divided circumstance

On Saturday night, as the new King of England was being crowned, I found myself caught in the crux of our nation’s juxtaposition. As...

06 May

Science & Health

Our female genital mutilation laws are broken

A nurse once told me many health professionals don’t report female genital mutilation (FGM) because it could result in children being t...

04 May

Philosophy & Psychology

Why Earth is worth protecting – and not just for our sake

04/05/2023
By Simon James
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Environmentalists rightly urge us to consider the long-term effects of our actions. Plastic bags, they point out, can take hundreds ...

01 May

Philosophy & Psychology

A genealogy of panic disorder in the 20th century

01/05/2023
By Jack Dikian
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One of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, Michel de Montaigne, was a thinker noted for merging casual anecdot...

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