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We are all African: An Interview with Dr. Christopher DiCarlo 20 Years Later
In 2005, I was teaching a Critical Thinking course at a Southern Ontario university to 93 students. It occurred to me with the research that I had done it at Harvard earlier in the 2000s tha [...]
Can Investigative Journalism and Humanist activism be combined in one person?
Can Investigative Journalism and Humanist activism be combined in one person?
- Scott Jacobsen interviewed by Lloyd Robertson
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Love in the Time of Turkeys
“Poor turkey.” My mom says it every year at Thanksgiving as she pats the naked, headless bird on her kitchen counter. She says it while massaging the skin with nutmeg and butter in preparati [...]
Peace as the Integration of Harmony, Freedom, and Justice
The mandala of the Constitution for the Federation of Earth symbolizes the harmony of the whole that emerges from ratification and implementation of the Constitution for humankind. [...]
Let’s start peace with children
Looking at the world's situation each passing day, I believe more and more that it is better to start peace with children, from childhood. All events worldwide show that the people who have [...]
The Peace School: A Heart Beating for a Better Life
In a segment of this vast city, like all cities around the world, there are individuals whose hearts beat to make life better. They dream of aiding humanity's well-being, striving for everyo [...]
Imagine Speaking Truth to Power
I found myself presenting to the Mayor, Councillors, administrators and an overflowing gallery in our local municipal chambers. I was stating my opposition to a motion brought forward by one [...]
Imagine No Religion
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national freethought group of atheists, agnostics and skeptics, erected a billboard in Colorado Springs that delivers the simple, thought-provoking me [...]
EDITORIAL: IMAGINE A PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION
Humanism is foremost a theory of life, or philosophy. It is also a philosophy of action. [...]
Road to Tukuyu: A Poem By Terry Rapoch
Now in his 70’s, Terry Rapoch’s astonishingly vivid memories of his experiences fifty years earlier as a CUSC volunteer teacher in Africa, ring out with authenticity. Is this something AI co [...]
Happy Girl: The Latimer Dialogues 5
After seven years in prison Robert Latimer is eligible for day parole, and he faces a politically-appointed Parole Board that will determine if he will be allowed to leave prison and stay, f [...]
Thou Shalt Not Steal, or Shouldst Thou?
Is the use of GAI equivalent to plagiarism? If so, what can/should we do about it? [...]
Machine Evolution
In this paper, we will examine several stages of various processes of evolution: Natural Selection, Artificial Selection, and Technological Selection. [...]
The danger from AI is real, but we can make it safe
The last year has been a transformative year for AI. ChatGPT was released November 30th, 2022 and sparked a media firestorm. By February of this year, a little over 2 months after launch, Ch [...]
AI’s Moment is Here. Let’s Get it Right.
The last year has been a transformative year for AI. ChatGPT was released November 30th, 2022 and sparked a media firestorm. By February of this year, a little over 2 months after launch, Ch [...]