Errol Naidoo: remove religion as example of unfair discrimination from the Constitution
Errol Naidoo is making a little sense, for once, in calling for the removal of religion as an example of unfair discrimination in the South African Constitution.
Thinking fast and slow
Kahneman and Tversky’s work on decision-making and judgement, and particularly heuristics, highlight the ways in which we make systematic errors even when we think we are being rational. If we’re to learn from each other and flourish as a society, it’s worth being reminded that we’re far less equipped to make the judgements we so routinely do than we think we are.
Brief thoughts on the Global Atheist Convention (#atheistcon)
The Global Atheist Convention took place in Melbourne during the weekend of 14 and 15 April, 2012. Here’s a brief summary of some highlights and lowlights.
“New atheists”, stridency and fundamentalism
The so-called “New atheists” now carry the apparently unshakeable tags of being militant or strident. In some cases, they certainly might be – but this has nothing to do with the truth or falsity of what they say.
Halaal cross buns and Christian hypersensitivity
Woolworths have again capitulated to the demands of hypersensitive Christians, and have agreed to start selling (the same) hot cross buns with and without the halaal stamp as of next year.
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