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Push and Pull

From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Hello! The mission of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science has always been two-fold. We work to promote scientific literacy and a secular worldview. The stories we’ll look at this month illustrate how and why those two goals are inextricable and why it’s important to employ …

OPEN DISCUSSION MARCH 2024

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Always Read the Fine Print

From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Hello! As any good skeptic or scientist will tell you, the details always matter. No matter how exciting or alarming or enticing the headline may be, it’s almost inevitably the fine-grain details that matter most. I was reminded of this by two recent stories that we’ll explore in …

OPEN DISCUSSION FEBRUARY 2024

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BOOK CLUB 2024

This is the 2024 follow-on from the 2023 BOOK CLUB thread, which is now closed, though you can easily refer back to earlier discussions by clicking on the link. BOOK CLUB 2024 has been created to provide a dedicated space for the discussion of books. Pretty much any kind of book – it doesn’t have …

OPEN DISCUSSION JANUARY 2024

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Evidence-Based Life

From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Hello! As we head into the final weeks of 2023, one can’t help but reflect on the events of the past year or look ahead to try and predict what’s to come in the next one. 2024 will, no doubt, be a challenging new year for all of …

OPEN DISCUSSION DECEMBER 2023

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Remembering Our First Principles

From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Hello! It has been a very busy past few weeks, beginning with CSICon 2023 in Las Vegas and followed by a series of engagements with Richard Dawkins throughout the West Coast. I had the honor of introducing Richard for his keynote presentation at CSICon; I shared some of …

OPEN DISCUSSION NOVEMBER 2023

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