December 2024

The Distinction Between Imaginary Science and Magic The Humanist TheHumanist.com

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Ted Chiang received the Humanist Inquiry & Innovation Award at the American Humanist Association’s 83rd Annual Conference, held virtually in September 2024. This award honors those who have advanced human understanding and innovation in ways that uphold humanist values, work that exemplifies the power of inquiry and innovation to promote human dignity, freedom and progress. […]

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AI is Already Everywhere The Humanist TheHumanist.com

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Karen Hao received the Humanist Media Award at the American Humanist Association’s 83rd Annual Conference, held virtually in September 2024. Hao is an award-winning journalist covering artificial intelligence. She was the first journalist to ever profile OpenAI; and is now working on a book about the company and the AI industry for Penguin Press, to

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Hearing the Voices of People on the Ground The Humanist TheHumanist.com

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Amy Goodman received the Humanist of the Year Award at the American Humanist Association’s 83rd Annual Conference, held virtually in September 2024. The award recognizes a person of national and international reputation who, through the application of humanist values, has made a significant contribution to the human condition. Amy Goodman is the host and executive

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Oklahoma may be revealing how Trump proposes to combat “anti-Christian bias” to foster religious liberty Gregory Fletcher Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation The Wild Hunt By Manny Moreno … More » from Oklahoma may be revealing how Trump proposes to combat “anti-Christian bias” to foster religious liberty The post Oklahoma may be revealing how Trump proposes to combat “anti-Christian bias” to foster religious liberty appeared first on Freedom From Religion Foundation.

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Statement from American Atheists on Skrmetti Case at Supreme Court American Atheists American Atheists

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Read More American Atheists Washington, D.C. — In response to oral arguments today at the Supreme Court in United States v. Skrmetti, a case challenging Tennessee’s categorical ban on health care for transgender youth, American Atheists president Nick Fish released the following statement: Tennessee’s ban on gender affirming care is an extreme and dangerous assault

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It’s far to soon to tell patients platelet-rich plasma injections can treat infertility Alice Howarth The Skeptic

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Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections are all the rage these days, for a lot of things. They’re responsible for the “vampire facial”. They’re the key ingredient of the “O” – an injection into the vagina and clitoris to apparently improve orgasm. They’re also key to the penile equivalent, the “P” shot, where PRP is injected directly

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FFRF dismayed at potential backtracking of its major win for N.J. taxpayers Sara Tetzloff Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation   The Freedom From Religion Foundation is disappointed over a recent judicial ruling that nudges open the door toward undercutting a major victory it obtained for New Jersey taxpayers a … More » from FFRF dismayed at potential backtracking of its major win for N.J. taxpayers The post FFRF

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FFRF successfully fights for student rights in Iowa Sara Tetzloff Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation has convinced Aplington-Parkersburg Community School District in Parkersburg, Iowa, to protect student athletes’ rights of conscience. FFRF, a national state/church watchdog, learned that the head … More » from FFRF successfully fights for student rights in Iowa The post FFRF successfully fights for student

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The Surreal Ecumenism of the Modern TradCat Ian Golan Atheists for Liberty

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Read More Atheists for Liberty The Catholic Church is headed for a schism. Conflict within that institution is nothing new of course, but at the current moment, its future path is rather uncertain. The two factions at hand are the “traditionalists” and the “liberal modernists”, and they both spiral down their echo chambers, losing contact

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