September, 2023 - Rationale Magazine

30 Sep

Does AI have a right to free speech?

The world has witnessed breathtaking advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI), with ChatGPT being one of the best known exam...

27 Sep

Science & Health

Complexity and the patterns of evolution

27/09/2023
By Matthew Wills
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Depending upon how you do the counting, there are around 9 million species on Earth, from the simplest single-celled organisms t...

23 Sep

Ethics & Religion

Pentecostalism: New, old and unchanging

23/09/2023
By Geoffrey Barker
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The “new face of Pentecostalism in Australia” was joyfully proclaimed in a recent edition of the Weekend Australian newspaper. “...

20 Sep

Business & Economics

What 15 years of research tells us about ‘nudge’ theory’s promises and politics

20/09/2023
By Stuart Mills
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It's been 15 years since a particular concept of behavioural science went mainstream. 'Nudge theory', the notion that our behavi...

16 Sep

Law & Politics

The moral case for the Indigenous Voice

18/09/2023
By Russell Yardley
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The question of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in Australia is fundamentally an ethical matter, though opponents often frame it in p...

13 Sep

Letters to the Editor

The limits of liberty

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

10 Sep

Art, Humour & Poetry

MBJ’s view

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

08 Sep

Ethics & Religion

Inside the indoctrinated mind

Earlier this year, I wrote here about radicalisation, white Christian nationalism and how the far and extreme right-wing interface

05 Sep

Uncategorized

Familiar words, familiar style

05/09/2023
By Geoffrey Barker
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Some words are like the yo-yo and the hula hoop – they burst into the world as irresistible crazes and vanish almost as quickly when us...

Monthly Archives: September 2023