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Logic

Weapons of Mass Distraction.

Common reasoning errors known as ‘fallacies’ can be easy to spot.

True or False?

There will always be more stories but there is only ever one truth. Let’s find it.

Passion victims.

I used to stage operas for a living. It taught me a lot about passion. Every night we told stories […]

According to Aristotle.

Recently, a dear friend of mine was enjoying a bit of a rant: ‘Everyone’s out for themselves’ he yelled, ‘no-one […]

False Judgement.

Last week the pastor of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Arizona chose World AIDS Day to declare the disease […]

Good news about bad news.

Depressed by bad news? Please don’t be. The news isn’t bad because the world is. The news is bad because […]

Enlightenment on entitlement.

There’s a lot of talk about entitlement lately; ever since our Federal Treasurer’s dramatic announcement back in February (‘The Age […]

Nostradamus was an amateur.

Scientists don’t like to make predictions. They’re cautious, conservative people who’d rather analyse data than make a guess, particularly about […]

The Misinformation Age.

The 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination in Dallas was bound to produce some shocking new revelation, so here it is: […]