October, 2023 - Rationale Magazine

30 Oct

Truth and consequences in a world of liars

30/10/2023
By Geoffrey Barker
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The world watches horrified as bombs and rockets kill thousands and reduce Ukraine and Gaza to smoking rubble. Australians agonise over...

27 Oct

Law & Politics

Thinking clearly about the Gaza problem

27/10/2023
By Paul Monk
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Truth, an old saying has it, is the first casualty in war. Why would that be? Because the universal tendency of human beings to partial...

24 Oct

Science & Health

Sagan’s experiment a guiding light in the search for life

24/10/2023
By Gareth Dorrian
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It’s been 30 years since a group of scientists led by Carl Sagan found evidence for life on Earth using data from instrum...

21 Oct

Philosophy & Psychology

How counsellors help children understand their worth

Douglas Adams, of The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fame, reminds us that a person’s reality is unique to the person. “Ev...

17 Oct

Science & Health

Turning back the clock on the evolution of animals

17/10/2023
By Ross Anderson
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There are estimated to be nearly 8 million species of animals living today, making up the majority of Earth’s documented biodive...

13 Oct

Law & Politics

Voice conspiracies follow the ‘fake news’ playbook

13/10/2023
By Micah Goldwater
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Australians preparing to vote in the Indigenous Voice referendum are facing a barrage of conspiracy theories: baseless allega...

10 Oct

Law & Politics

Better ways to close the health gap than the Voice

10/10/2023
By Ric Streatfield
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As a medical student at the time that I voted ‘Yes’ in the 1967 referendum, it was a ‘no-brainer’ to accept the Aboriginal people into ...

07 Oct

Art, Humour & Poetry

MBJ’s view

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

04 Oct

Letters to the Editor

Over-Priced in the Northern Territory

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