December, 2024 - Rationale Magazine

31 Dec

Rationale’s top reads of 2024

In 2024, the Rationale magazine had another big year of publishing high-quality articles on a wide range of important topics, while rea...

29 Dec

Feature series

The principles of fairness in rational discourse

09/01/2025
By Peter Ellerton
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This article is part of our ‘Timeless Pieces’ series of summer reading, featuring articles from our former hardcopy Australian Rational...

24 Dec

Science & Health

If correlation doesn’t imply causation, how do scientists figure out why things happen?

24/12/2024
By Hassan Vally
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Most of us have heard the phrase “correlation does not equal causation”. But understanding how scientists move beyond identifying corre...

21 Dec

Uncategorized

A fair dinkum Australian Christmas

24/12/2024
By Robert Macklin
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The best thing about Christmas in Australia is Christmas in Australia. Here we are, a multicultural community way down in the Southern ...

18 Dec

Philosophy & Psychology

Can you choose to believe something, just like that?

18/12/2024
By Mark Boespflug
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Some years ago, I was in a lively conversation with a software developer about arguments for and against God’s existence. After discuss...

15 Dec

Art, Humour & Poetry

MBJ’s view

See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson. Published 15 December 2024.

14 Dec

Philosophy & Psychology

Can reason survive in a sea of emotion?

We are facing the growing challenge of how to respond incisively and effectively to curb the movements away from rational thought and t...

10 Dec

Law & Politics

Most parents at religious schools don’t want to discriminate against LGBT staff or students

11/12/2024
By Neil Francis
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Australian religious school leaders commonly claim their schools’ parents expect or support discrimination against LGBT staff or studen...

06 Dec

Letters to the Editor

The Jacaranda bloom-bust parallels life

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

03 Dec

Science & Health

The whole story of human evolution – from ancient apes, to Lucy and us (Part 2)

03/12/2024
By John Gowlett
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This article is the second part in a two-part series. Read the first part here. Homo erectus (about 1.8m up to 0.5m years ago) ...

01 Dec

Science & Health

The whole story of human evolution – from ancient apes, to Lucy and us (Part 1)

07/12/2024
By John Gowlett
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This article is the first in a two-part series. In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life an...

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