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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

Love Thy Neighbour; Screw Everybody Else

J.D. Vance’s theology of concentric moral obligations is Orwellian

2d ago

Love Thy Neighbour; Screw Everybody Else

2d ago

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Grim Tidings

American Hubris

It won’t end well…

Mar 27

American Hubris

Mar 27

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Original Philosophy

What Would It Be Like to See a New Colour?

What colour perception can tell us about the Hard Problem

Mar 11

What Would It Be Like to See a New Colour?

Mar 11

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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

Feb 18

Everything Is Made of History

Feb 18

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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

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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