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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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May 15, 2025

Confessions of a Stupid Genius

Surviving the toxic cult of IQ

Confessions of a Stupid Genius

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Apr 25, 2025

Love Is Not a Feeling

It’s a way of being in the world

Love Is Not a Feeling

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Dec 19, 2024

Can Spirituality and Reason Ever Be Reconciled?

The power of strange events to shake skepticism

Can Spirituality and Reason Ever Be Reconciled?

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The Quantastic Journal

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Oct 9, 2024

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

The reasons may have been political…

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

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The Academic

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Jun 30, 2024

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.

Human Rationality is a Myth

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Philosophy Today

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Jun 2

The Relational Cosmos: Consciousness In a World Without Intrinsic Properties

To be is to be known

The Relational Cosmos: Consciousness In a World Without Intrinsic Properties

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May 18

The Damage Done

Sticks and stones only break my bones

Group of teenage boys in 1980s Australia. One sits off to the side with his head between his knees.

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Philosophy Today

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Apr 26

The World Dismembered and Remembered

On the restoration of qualities

The World Dismembered and Remembered

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Apr 6

Premonition and the Shape of Reality

What a near miss with the Hoddle Street massacre reveals about coincidence, cognition, and the metaphysics of the natural

Premonition and the Shape of Reality

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Feb 26

We’re All Hypocrites: Now What?

Progressive politics must progress beyond shaming

We’re All Hypocrites: Now What?

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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