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Ethics & Religion

A humanist’s compass on matters of race and integration

I was brought up as an Anglican, and many of my values stem from that upbringing. It was, at least ...
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Education

Where does human thinking end and AI begin?

The latest generation of artificial intelligence models is sharper and smoother, producing polished text with fewer errors and hallucinations. As ...
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Letters to the Editor

Leftism, a ‘mental illness’? Oh, Right!

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

Credulity for tales of the astonishing

Remember the time when claiming to have been abducted by aliens was all the rage among the hillbillies, crackpots and ...
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Philosophy & Psychology

Building a stable ‘abode of thought’: Kant’s rules for virtuous thinking

What makes a life virtuous? The answer might seem simple: virtuous actions – actions that align with morality. But life ...
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Law & Politics

How authoritarians twist language into weapons

The world finds itself in a cultural setting in which large swathes of democratic countries place their faith in faux ...
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