Philosophy & Psychology
Why conspiracy theories are exciting – and dangerous
Donovan Schaefer
14/07/2022
Conspiracy theories have been around for centuries, from witch trials and antisemitic campaigns to beliefs that Freemasons were trying to ...
Continue reading →
How cults corrupt our desire for love and connection
Shane Satterley
11/07/2022
Project Mayhem is an all-male cult – but unlike the real cults that Sarah Steel writes about in Do As ...
Continue reading →
Karl Marx’s philosophy explained
Christopher Pollard
09/07/2022
In 1845, Karl Marx declared: “philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it”. ...
Continue reading →
Blaming ‘evil’: Unpacking the paradox of using the word
Elise Springer
13/06/2022
The word ‘evil’ circulates widely in the wake of terrible public violence. The May 24, 2022, massacre at an elementary ...
Continue reading →
Why are we so vulnerable to bad information?
Andrew Perfors
31/05/2022
There are two fundamental reasons why misinformation is a bigger problem than ever before. The first is tied to the ...
Continue reading →
Bertrand Russell’s universe
Dr Myint Zan
19/05/2022
One hundred and fifty years ago on 18 May 1872 the philosopher Bertrand Russell was born. Of everything he said ...
Continue reading →
Je Suis Mill
Paul Monk
11/04/2022
This is an edited extract from a dinner speech to the Liberal Club of the University of Melbourne, delivered on ...
Continue reading →
Why we trust experts – even when they admit they don’t know the answer
Erik Gustafsson
20/03/2022
We constantly make decisions about who to trust. Much of the time we’re bombarded with massive amounts of information on ...
Continue reading →
Are we a failed species?
Paul Monk
15/03/2022
A very old friend and longtime mentor of mine, now 85 years of age, recently expressed the gloomy opinion that ...
Continue reading →
A review of Eckhart Tolle’s ‘A New Earth’
Reg Naulty
25/02/2022
The philosophical/spiritual writer Eckhart Tolle has had success beyond most writers’ wildest dreams. His first book, The Power of Now, ...
Continue reading →
When faith and reality collide in pandemics
Jack Dikian
21/02/2022
The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Afro-Eurasia from 1346-53. It is ...
Continue reading →
Four reasons why you should never say ‘do your research’ to win the argument
Luke Zaphir
10/02/2022
It’s fairly common to see many claims or arguments end with a curt “do your research”. In some ways, it’s ...
Continue reading →