July, 2023 - Rationale Magazine

30 Jul

Misinformation and the path to deeper polarisation

30/07/2023
By Shasha Wang
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Many Australians believe the nation is more politically polarised and divided today than in the past. It’s a divide that has lon...

27 Jul

Law & Politics

The Voice: Analysing the official No case

27/07/2023
By Ian Robinson
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The official No case for the Voice referendum – the pamphlet of which has just been published by the Australian Electoral Commission...

24 Jul

Philosophy & Psychology

How classic psychology warped our view of human nature

24/07/2023
By Steve Taylor
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There are a number of classic experiments and theories that every psychology student learns about, but more recent research has questio...

20 Jul

Science & Health

When scientists speak out

20/07/2023
By Scott Frickel
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Hundreds of scientists protested government efforts to restrict educational access to Western science theories, including Darwin...

17 Jul

Education

How Queensland’s state schools remain ‘mission fields’ for ‘harvesting’

19/07/2023
By Hugh Harris
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"But Dad! Dad! We learned it at school!" This was how my son defended his claim that “God created the whole world". Evidently, this...

15 Jul

Art & Humour

MBJ’s view

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

13 Jul

Law & Politics

Chomsky’s take on the challenges of our time

13/07/2023
By Reg Naulty
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In Noam Chomsky’s new hard-hitting book, his position is always clear, incisive and challenging. Illegitimate Authority: Facing ...

10 Jul

Education

Why removing evolution from science class is immoral and irrational

10/07/2023
By Peter Ellerton
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Educators involved in curriculum design know one hard truth: you can’t fit in everything. Whatever the finished product, there will alw...

07 Jul

Business & Economics

Is labour productivity the problem?

07/07/2023
By Paul Carey
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In a recent article, Alan Kohler, a financial journalist of some note, concluded that: "The reason labour productivity (GDP per ...

04 Jul

Business & Economics

What the right gets wrong about Adam Smith

04/07/2023
By Conor O'Kane
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What to make of Adam Smith? You might have thought we would have straightened this out, given that he only ever wrote two books and it’...

01 Jul

Letters to the Editor

Nudging us into a nuclear industry

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Monthly Archives: July 2023