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Pierz Newton-John

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A collection of Australian short stories laying bare the fault lines of contemporary life

2012

Paden Hunter (Illustrator), et al.

Paden Hunter (Illustrator), Pierz Newton-John

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Thought Thinkers

Can Spirituality and Reason Ever Be Reconciled?

The power of strange events to shake skepticism

Dec 19, 2024

Can Spirituality and Reason Ever Be Reconciled?

Dec 19, 2024

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The Quantastic Journal

My Great-Grandfather Was the Architect of Quantum Mechanics, but You Probably Don’t Know His Name

The reasons may have been political…

Oct 9, 2024

My Great-Grandfather Was the Architect of Quantum Mechanics, but You Probably Don’t Know His Name

Oct 9, 2024

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The Academic

Human Rationality is a Myth

The idea that people are, or even can be, rational in their beliefs and behaviour, is a product of The Enlightenment. It is a myth.

Jun 30, 2024

Human Rationality is a Myth

Jun 30, 2024

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Romantic Consumerism is Killing Modern Relationships

How the Internet changed the way we love and relate.

Jul 18, 2024

Romantic Consumerism is Killing Modern Relationships

Jul 18, 2024

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No, we’re not living in a simulation. Here’s why.

The idea that we might be living inside the simulation of some more advanced future civilisation sounds like something a stoner might dream…

Apr 20, 2024

No, we’re not living in a simulation. Here’s why.

Apr 20, 2024

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Grim Tidings

Everything Is Made of History

What I learned from reading over 100 books on world history in a year

4d ago

Everything Is Made of History

4d ago

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Thought Thinkers

Diversity is not a “woke” folly — it’s a universal principle of health and resilience

We suppress it at our peril

Feb 14

Diversity is not a “woke” folly — it’s a universal principle of health and resilience

Feb 14

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Grim Tidings

Trump and Musk Are the American Axis of Evil

The time for resistance is coming

Jan 29

A fusion of Donald Trump and Elon Musk

Jan 29

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Grim Tidings

My Journey to South America’s Heart of Darkness

Finding the epicentre of South America’s cruel colonial past in the mines of Potosí

Jan 24

My Journey to South America’s Heart of Darkness

Jan 24

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Thought Thinkers

Richard Dawkins’s Argument That We May Be Alone In the Universe Is Wrong

Here’s why we almost certainly aren’t

Jan 16

Richard Dawkins’s Argument That We May Be Alone In the Universe Is Wrong Here’s why we almost certainly aren’t

Jan 16

Pierz Newton-John

Pierz Newton-John

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Writer, coder, former psychotherapist, founding member of The School Of Life Melbourne. Essayist for Dumbo Feather magazine, author of Fault Lines (fiction).

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