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Humanism: Understanding Virtues and Vices Together
Virtues and vices are often seen as opposing forces in moral philosophy. In Aristotle’s view, virtues are character traits that represent a balance or “mean” between two opposing vices. For example, courage is a virtue that exists between the vices of recklessness and cowardice. In contrast, vices are negative character traits that represent an excess…
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The Madness that is Institutional Thinking
Lynn Arnold was a long-serving minister and premier of South Australia from 1992-93. After Labor’s defeat in 1993, he moved to Spain to research for a PhD in linguistics, worked for World Vision, then ran Anglicare. Since Anglicare was essentially a lobbying body, Lynn thought it appropriate to resign from the ALP. …
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The Thinking Person, Life, Hope, for Me in 2025: Why Ignoring Professional Historians will be the end of Good Local Governance?
Dr Neville Buch (ABN 86703686642) Extensively Experienced and Qualified Queensland Professional History of the Queensland Mind. Business Office 18 Callendar Street, Sunnybank Hills 4109 AUSTRALIA 6 June 2025 (Queensland Day) It is unique in the country: https://mappingbrisbanehistory.com.au/ But then many would appear to be small minded…
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What I am to do, the Evidence is There in Large Quantities and Qualities?
I was childish and unfair To you, my only friend I regret, but now it’s too late I can’t show you any more The things I’ve learned from you ‘Cause life just took you away, Ruth, and being paid for my work, I’m asking why? (I’m asking why?) I’m asking why? (I’m asking why?) Nobody…
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UNIVERSAL SURVIVAL
President Trump, under the cover of the culture war, is attempting to pull billions of dollars in funding from universities unless they agree to his ideological demands. After Harvard refused and sued the Trump administration, Trump tried banning all of its 27 percent of international students last week. Dana Milbank, Catherine Rampell and Jason…
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An example of basic prejudice in both machine and humans
What I said to the machine: Is it a holiday today anywhere in the United States? Of course, you understand, machine, that today is AEST? No, I was asking about May 27 AEST, which is not Monday in the United States. You cannot make the time cognition conversions. Machines are stupid. …
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An Invitation for Open Thinking
Neville Buch’s discussion with Dave Benson, an Australian theologian working in the United Kingdom. The discussion centres on the Bible Society’s recent report: BS-The Quiet Revival-Final-Digital-EG The Quiet Revival The following is what I communicated after considering the report and reading the comments by Steve Hollinghurst, and the comments of the…
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2025 SOFiA Notice
Sea of Faith in Australia 2025 Annual General Meeting June 14, 2025, noon (12.00 p.m.) Off-Screen Location: Home of Helen Mason, 53 Lucinda Street Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland. On-Screen Location: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84314961783?pwd=ABAc6WJJQrKKQ9W7fbNH7rE1pAUdfC.1 Meeting ID: 843 1496 1783 Paul Tonson will speak on “Reading the bible agnostically”, that is as if we know nothing…
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The Irretractable Argument
AI Overview: “Irretractable” means something that cannot be taken back, reversed, or retracted. It’s the opposite of “retractable”. Essentially, if something is irretractable, it’s final and cannot be undone. In an email group discussion, on the barriers which has prevent me gaining paid work since the end of 2017, Professor Lisa…
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Meeting the moment. Understanding the times we’re in has never been more important (Gary Werskey, Inside Story, 29 April 2025)
Gary Werskey is an American-born, Harvard-trained Australian historian of art and science. Currently he is an Honorary Associate in the University of Sydney’s History Department. Werskey has just completed two long-term projects in the history of Australian Art. NewSouth Books has published the ‘Picturing a Nation: The Art & Life of A.H. Fullwood’ (March 2021).…