Pew Research: Religion-related conflict and pressure worsened in more countries in 2023, especially social hostilities, while government restrictions remained near record highs.
How SCOTUS is dismantling the Separation of Church and State.
When JD Vance became a Catholic, he wondered what his dead grandmother would think. Awwwh!
The pressure on the Church of England to ditch its slavery reparations plan.
Thirty years of fighting for a secular UK.
World of Woo: Homeopathy is a delusional disorder.
Environment: Trump Administration abandons fight against clean energy.
Humanists International urged the European Union to address the growing dominance of a handful of large technology companies in AI. They argued that excessive reliance on a few corporations could create economic and political vulnerabilities and undermine democratic accountability.
Just how racist is Christian nationalism supposed to be? As Trump’s popularity hits epic lows, his MAGA movement gets more openly racist and hostile to democracy.
How to refute an antivaxxer.
Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine.
Why the UK’s proposed social media ban for under 16s would impact everyone, not just children.
Metal-driven chemical reaction in deep sea may explain origin of life.
Rucho is the real threat to American democracy. (Robert A. Rucho, a NC state senator).
The terrifying world of the ‘TikTok Farlands’.
Consciousness might be emergent, but emergence does not imply it always converges on the same kind of mind. Our experience of time is just as foundational as the physics.
The Mars delusion. (very long read).
Sunday Book Club: How to Be a Happy Skeptic. (See first video below).
Some photographs taken last week.
While you are waiting for the kettle to boil……
Coffee Break Videos: Massimo Pigliucci on Doubt, Moral Courage, and Living without Illusions. She thought the Bible was moral. The most controversial idea in biology.
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