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Supernatural beliefs exist to explain natural phenomena
Religion is a human universal. For thousands of years, humans have held religious beliefs and participated in religious rituals. Throughout ...
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Rationalists and circumcision
On 14 April 2023, it will be 10 years since I sent out the very first edition of ‘RSA Daily’. ...
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Reflecting on the Russian Revolution
The Russian writer Konstantin Paustovsky famously remarked that the great Russian humanist intelligentsia, who included Pushkin and Herzen, Tolstoy and ...
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Our parliament needs to become a more inclusive and welcoming place for all
This is a lightly edited transcript of a speech given to the Tasmanian Legislative Council 28 March 2023. It is ...
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What can be done to help Australia’s biodiversity
The regent honeyeater is a small bird, mostly black, with speckles of soft yellow dotted down its body. Its chirp ...
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Gods in the machine: Artificial intelligence and new religions
We are about to witness the birth of a new kind of religion. In the next few years, or perhaps ...
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