Philosophy & Psychology
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Suicide as catastrophe and as calculation
Paul Monk
28/01/2022
The August 2021 issue of Harper’s magazine has a cover story headed ‘What are the odds? The Troubled Quest to ...
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When beliefs become deadly
Carrick Ryan
13/12/2021
After five years of working for the Joint Counter Terrorism Team, where I was consumed by the persistent and genuine ...
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On dying
Jack Dikian
01/12/2021
Philosophy begins with the death of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. But, as we know, he goes to his death with ...
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The lost notebooks: Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s extraordinary story
Jack Dikian
08/06/2021
Srinivasa Ramanujan’s story is one of the great romantic tales of mathematics. It is an account of triumph and tragedy, ...
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