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Letters to the Editor

The law must change to reflect scientific reality

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

Pope Leo’s Hail Mary on AI

If you are not a Christian – think of, say, Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian (1927) – ...
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Philosophy & Psychology

Trust in our institutions provides shelter from the storm

I can still picture it: a page from the illustrated encyclopedia my parents gave me as a child. A man ...
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Philosophy & Psychology

Manufacturing insecurities in the manosphere

It’s pretty likely that you’ve now heard or seen the term ‘manosphere’, in the news, in your social media, on ...
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Business & Economics

The distortions at the heart of our financial system

The policy in the federal budget to remove negative gearing and the 50 per cent reduction in capital gains tax ...
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Philosophy & Psychology

Is Richard Dawkins right about Claude?

In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be conscious. Dawkins did not express ...
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