August, 2023 - Rationale Magazine

31 Aug

The Echidna Strategy’s prickly reality for liberal values

31/08/2023
By Paul Monk
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At the ALP national conference earlier this month, Pat Conroy, Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for International Development...

28 Aug

Law & Politics

The new threat to freedom of expression

30/08/2023
By David James
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The federal government is moving to ban what it calls ‘disinformation’ and ‘misinformation’ in an initiative similar to legislative mov...

25 Aug

Law & Politics

What do climate denialists do when the facts change?

25/08/2023
By Noel Turnbull
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John Maynard Keynes is widely believed to have said: “Well, when the facts change I change my mind. What do you do?” It was probably ac...

21 Aug

Feature series, Science & Health

Non-overlapping magisteria: Why Gould got it wrong

This article is part of our ‘Celebrate Science’ feature series to mark National Science Week. It was originally published in the...

19 Aug

Letters to the Editor

The problem with personality and intelligence testing

Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. See our ...

17 Aug

Feature series, Science & Health

Teaching science to children

This article is part of our ‘Celebrate Science’ feature series to mark National Science Week. It was originally published in the...

14 Aug

Feature series, Science & Health

Reflections on the erasure of Hellenistic science

17/08/2023
By Paul Monk
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This article is part of our ‘Celebrate Science’ feature series to mark National Science Week. It was originally published in the...

12 Aug

Art, Humour & Poetry

MBJ’s view

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

09 Aug

Philosophy & Psychology

What 17th-century philosophy can tell us about artificial intelligence

11/07/2024
By Jack Dikian
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René Descartes' interests extended to diverse subjects, and one of the most striking subjects he studied was machine thinking. That he ...

06 Aug

History

Everyone can help forge a safe ending to what Oppenheimer began

06/08/2023
By Tilman Ruff
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The Oppenheimer film is a significant artistic work, and by all accounts – including of Kai Bird, the surviving author of...

02 Aug

Ethics & Religion

Why the Army’s choice to serve God comes at a cost to the nation

02/08/2023
By Phillip Hoglin
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On 8 July 2023, the Australian Army, specifically the 1st Armoured Regiment, had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to march through the ...

Monthly Archives: August 2023