To detect fake news and conspiracy theories faster, we need to train our cognitive skills. One way to do this is to mentally inoculate people; to administer misinformation in diluted doses, honing their knowledge of deceptive methodologies to boost their cognitive immune system. This is the simple but brilliant idea that Cambridge University professor Sander […]
Read More Atheist Republic Under proposals in a new, government-commissioned report, teachers in the United Kingdom could be protected from accusations of blasphemy. Teachers could get protection against blasphemy claims under new laws#UK_News #London #The_Independent #UK_featured https://t.co/ShipJcVMPh pic.twitter.com/yeV7YLQbTL — WTX Arabi (@WTXNewsArabic) May 18, 2024 This new report, from crossbench peer Lord Walney, who also
Read More Atheist Republic A Christian father and son were attacked by hundreds of enraged Muslims in eastern Pakistan over allegations that the son desecrated pages of the Quran, leaving their house as well as their shoemaking factory ransacked and burned. The angry Muslim mob went on a rampage on May 25th when locals claimed
Read More Atheist Republic Research made by an Israeli think tank revealed that textbooks from Saudi Arabia showed significant moderation of anti-Israel and antisemitic material, while references to Palestine were removed from most maps and lessons where they previously appeared, pointing to the possibility of the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom laying the groundwork for normalizing ties
Read More Atheist Republic Supporters of the Iranian regime violently attacked Iranian dissidents on May 24th after a group of dissidents protested outside a vigil in London for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran near the country’s border with Azerbaijan along with his foreign minister and several other
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Read More Atheist Republic More than a year after he posted a video where he briefly narrated how the Egyptian government mistreated him and even prevented him from leaving the country by taking away his passport, Egyptian ex-Muslim and atheist Sherif Gaber faces a new challenge after an Egyptian court sentenced him to another five
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Read More Skeptic Shermer and Takach discuss: Vladimir Putin: “artificial intelligence is the future not only of Russia, but of all mankind, and whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become ruler of the world.” • what AI will be able to do in the coming decades • China’s surveillance state • Russia and
