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My interview with Scott Jacobsen, part 2 (and a note on faith versus fact) on 2026-11-08

My interview with Scott Jacobsen, Part 1 on 2026-11-08

The Path to Humanist Chaplaincy on 2026-11-08

Human Welfare, Scientific Skepticism, and Equality: An Interview with Andrew Copson on 2026-11-08

Humanism, Dennett, and AI: An Interview with Dr. Anthony Grayling on 2026-11-07

Humanism in Africa and Global South Leadership on 2026-11-07

Humanism in Africa and Global South Leadership on 2026-11-07

Cognitive Biases, Religion, and Rational Thinking on 2026-11-07

AI Risks, Consciousness, and the Limits of Theology on 2026-11-07

Fumfer Physics 54: Why AI Experts Can’t Agree: Consciousness and the Lack of Consensus on 2026-11-07

AI Consciousness, Predictive Brains, Emergent Thought, and Generative Models on 2026-11-07

Fumfer Physics 53: Science, Theology, Infinity, the Mega Society, and Ukraine’s Drone Revolution on 2026-11-07

Dave Farina of Professor Dave Explains: Science Communication Against Pseudoscience on 2026-11-07

Fumfer Physics 52: Time, Information, Black Holes, and IC Cosmology on 2026-11-07

Fumfer Physics 51: AI, Cosmology, Geometry, and the Limits of Big Bang Alternatives on 2026-11-07

Fumfer Physics 50: Durable Cosmic Structures, Information, Intelligence, and the Future of Human Cognition on 2026-11-07

Fumfer Physics 49: Evolving Mathematics, Genius at Home, and Humanizing Physics on 2026-11-07

“I cannot offer any such comfort, for I believe that no such bounds can be set”; or, I think: Turing-ish on 2026-11-05

Rick Rosner On, 43: AI Existential Risk, Predictive Buffering, and Human-AI Merger on 2026-11-05

Rick Rosner On, 42: Trump, AI Breakthroughs, Fusion Energy, Mathematics, and Artificial Consciousness on 2026-11-05

Rick Rosner On, 39: American Science, AI Risks, Education, Democracy, and Political Misinformation on 2026-11-05

Rick Rosner On, 32: Artificial Intelligence and New Theories on 2026-11-05

Rick Rosner On, 24: AI Mathematics, Brain-Computer Interfaces, and Human Understanding on 2026-11-05

Rick Rosner On, 21: AI Harmonization, Regulation, Coding Agents, and the Future of Human Adaptation on 2026-11-05

Rick Rosner On, 19: Terminal Lucidity, AI Mathematics, and the Future of Scientific Discovery on 2026-11-05

Rick Rosner on Unified Existence, Quantum Reality, and Ironclad Physical Rules on 2026-11-05

Acknowledgement and Introductions to “Finding Humanistic Education in Our Stories” on 2026-10-31

Preface and Introduction to “Tweets to the Universe: Volume I” on 2026-10-31

Preface to “Female Academics: Volume I” on 2026-10-31

Preface and Foreword to “An Introduction to Informational Cosmology” on 2026-10-31

Preface to “TrendBT: Volume I” on 2026-10-31

Introduction to “Psychology in the Snow: Reflections on Mental Wellness in the North” on 2026-10-31

Introduction and Foreword to “Finding Humanistic Education in Our Stories” on 2026-10-31

Empirical Moral Philosophies: Secular Humanism & Freethought Traditions on 2026-10-31

Artificial Intelligence from Global Tech and Thought Leaders on 2026-10-31

1769: Masereka Solomon on Humanism in Uganda, Abrimac Secular Services, Freethought, Education, and Critical Thinking on 2026-10-30

1762: Abdurrahman Aliyu on Freethought and Critical Thinking in Nigeria on 2026-10-30

1758: Adeyemi Ademowo Johnson on Humanism, Freethought, and Critical Thinking in Nigeria on 2026-10-30

1754: Vahyala Kwaga on Atheism, Religious Politics, and Leaving Religion in Nigeria on 2026-10-30

1742: Gayleen Cornelius on South African Human Rights, Humanism, Race, and Progressive Reform on 2026-10-30

1725: Mneka Mbanje on African Humanism, Women’s Freethought, Religious Discrimination, and Deconversion in Zimbabwe on 2026-10-30

1722: Nsajigwa I. Mwasokwa on Humanism, Freethought, Secularism, and Critical Thinking in Tanzania on 2026-10-30

1709: Roslyn Mould on Humanism, Atheism, Secularism, LGBT+ Rights, and African Freethought on 2026-10-30

1703: Danylo Ostrianyn on Materialism, Norms, and Science on 2026-10-30

1702: Yevgraf Duluman: Scientific Atheism and Public Atheist Thought on 2026-10-30

1701: Volodymyr Lesevych: Positivist Scientific Humanist Philosophy on 2026-10-30

1697: Serhii Podolynsky: Socialist Scientific Humanism, Labour, Energy, and Ecological Economics on 2026-10-30

Austrian Ambassador Robert Müller on the Detention of Ukrainian Journalists on 2026-10-23

Statecraft and Faultlines 3: Mass Violence, Entitlement, and Ethical Resilience on 2026-10-10

Humanist education in Africa: interview with Enginel B. Johnson on 2026-10-10

Журналістка Ірина Стрижка: «Я зрозуміла, що життя має найвищу цінність» on 2026-10-09

Владислав Гриценюк про новий закон України про лобіювання, прозорість, освіту та професійні стандарти on 2026-10-09

Damghan University Ranks First in Iran according to the Nature Index on 2026-05-31

Ukraine POWs, Hollywood Slowdown, and Black Hole Cosmology on 2026-05-31

Fumfer Physics 47: Are Black Holes Singularities or Collapsed Matter? on 2026-05-31

Fumfer Physics 46: Something Rather Than Nothing, or Simulation, Skepticism, and Existence on 2026-05-30

Fumfer Physics 45: Fractional Dimensions, Quantum Time, and Simulated Futures on 2026-05-30

Serhii Huliienko, Ph.D. on Ukrainian Science, Membrane Research, and Wartime Academic Life on 2026-05-30

Mariia Harkusha-Melchenko on Gene Editing, Evolution, and Science Communication in Ukraine on 2026-05-30

Dr. Swiatoslaw Podlewski Uniting Ukrainian Art, History, and Theravāda Buddhist Thought on 2026-05-30

Dr. Stephen Hupp on Scientific Skepticism, Misinformation, and CSICon’s Role in Defending Evidence-Based Thinking on 2026-05-30

Entemake Aman on Kazakh Freedom, Nomadic Wisdom, and the Hidden Costs of Western Individualism on 2026-05-30

Dominique Simeone Link Esperanto, Humanism, and Language Justice on 2026-05-30

Fumfer Physics 43: Big Bang Cosmology, Rare Matter, and Why People Believe Nonsense on 2026-05-30

Rickard Sagirbay on Philosophy, Science, and Human Potential: or, Intelligence, Stoicism, and Spiritual Inquiry on 2026-05-30

Fumfer Physics 42: Geometry, Predictive Cognition, Information Theory, and the Dimensionality of Space on 2026-05-30

Mariia Harkusha-Omelchenko on Gene Editing, Evolution, and Science Communication in Ukraine on 2026-05-29

Dr. Serhii Huliienko on Pseudoscience, Magical Thinking, and Wartime Science in Ukraine on 2026-05-29

The Humanist Case for Governing Artificial Intelligence on 2026-05-29

Why Democracy Needs Humanism on 2026-05-29

Mapping the Self: How Memetic Identity Reframes Psychotherapy on 2026-05-29

Why Melanie Trecek-King Wrote ‘A Field Guide to Spotting Misinformation’ on 2026-05-29

Mark I. Gorenstein on QCD Critical Point Research, Fluctuations, and Theoretical Physics in Wartime Ukraine on 2026-05-29

1690: Nestor Makhno on Atheist Anarchism and Freethought on 2026-05-28

1689: Volodymyr Vernadsky on Atheist Scientific Humanism, the Biosphere, and the Noosphere on 2026-05-28

1686: Ivan Franko on Rationalism, Religion, and Freethought on 2026-05-28

1665: Immanuel Kant’s Most Important Quotes on Cognition, Experience, Reason, and Autonomy on 2026-05-28

1632: Ibn Sīnā on 2026-05-28

1623: B. R. Ambedkar on 2026-05-28

1618: Lactantius on 2026-05-28

1606: Karl Marx on GodMedium on 2026-05-28

Fumfer Physics 41: Time-Reversed Black Holes and White Holes on 2026-05-28

Fumfer Physics 40: Cosmic Ratios, Large Numbers, and the Information Structure of the Universe on 2026-05-28

Gayathri Narayanan on Suffering, Wisdom, and Inquiry: Who Becomes a Seeker? on 2026-05-28

Fumfer Physics 39: Anthropic Principle, Cosmic Scale, and Why We Live in the Middle on 2026-05-28

Fumfer Physics 38: Information, Quantum Fuzziness, and the Hidden Architecture of the Universe on 2026-05-28

Fumfer Physics 37: From IQ Puzzles to Physics Breakthroughs on 2026-05-28

Joydip Ghosh on Measurement, the Wave Function, and Hilbert Space: What Quantum Mechanics Really Says About Reality on 2026-05-28

Fumfer Physics 35: Cognitive Limits, Big Data, and AI’s Role in Human Reasoning on 2026-05-28

David M. Ewalt on Scientific American’s Non-Negotiables for Science Journalism in the AI Era on 2026-05-27

Martine Cerf on Laïcité, Equality, and Article 17: Defending Freedom of Conscience in Europe on 2026-05-27

Gayathri Narayanan on Buddhist Practice: Mindfulness, Tantra, and the Direct Path on 2026-05-27

Partnership Studies 21: Marketing Manipulation, Domination Systems, and Partnership Economics on 2026-05-02

African Humanism Today: Dr. Leo Igwe and Tauya Chinama on Progress, Persecution, and the Future of Secular Leadership on 2026-04-13

Ask A Genius 1642: Oil Prices, Russia’s War, Evolution, and the Science of Longevity on 2026-04-12

Ask A Genius 1629: Are Smartphones, AI, and Longevity Science Triggering the Next Human Transformation? on 2026-04-12

Ask A Genius 1625: AI Freak-Out Cycles and Human Limits on 2026-04-12

Ask A Genius 1620: Geometry, Association Engines, and the Crackpot Index on 2026-04-12

Ask A Genius 1617: High-Range IQ Tests in the AI Era: Mega Test, SAT, and Measuring g on 2026-04-12

Ask A Genius 1608: Cosmic Irreversibility, Black Holes, and Entanglement on 2026-04-12

Ask A Genius 1607: Charlatan Complex, Perfect Spheres, and Pornfluencers on 2026-04-12

Ask A Genius 1602: Trump, Nobel Symbolism, and Ethical Conflict on 2026-04-12

Ask A Genius 1594: Venezuela, Power, and Why Language Made Humans Dangerous Generalists on 2026-04-12

Fluid Selves, Moving Cultures: Epistemic Humility in a Translated World on 2026-01-04

Skepticism Meets Secular Humanism: A Third Path Beyond Relativism and Dogma on 2026-01-04

Does the Universe Do Math—or Do We? Intuition, Information, and ‘The World That Doesn’t Calculate’ on 2026-01-03

Scientific Skepticism Meets Secular Humanism: A Third Path Beyond Relativism and Dogma on 2026-01-03

Ask A Genius 1584: AI Growth, Human Cognition, and the Myth of Consciousness as Excellence on 2026-01-01

Choosing When the Chooser Changes: Laurie Paul on Transformative Experience on 2026-01-01

Partnership Studies 14: Moving From Domination to Partnership in Mental Health on 2026-01-01

Partnership Studies 13: Domination vs Partnership: Rethinking Power on 2026-01-01

Nathan H. Lents on Storytelling, Skepticism, and the Craft of Science Communication on 2026-01-01

Can Brain Science Save Democracy? on 2026-01-01

The Holographic Universe According to Dr. Fabiano F. Santos on 2026-01-01

A Non-Algorithmic Blueprint for a Final Theory on 2026-01-01

The Scientist Who Thinks Our Brains Might Doom Us on 2026-01-01

From Surface Entropy to Quantum Remnants: A Conversation with Behnam Pourhassan on 2026-01-01

Jeff Sebo on Ethics, Sentience, and the Future of Moral Consideration on 2025-12-31

A Scientist on the State of Science in MAGA America on 2025-12-27

Unpacking White Identity and Nationalism: A Conversation with Eric Kaufmann on 2025-12-27

The Fragile Balance: Leon Langdon on Free Speech and Combating Religious Hatred on 2025-12-17

Cosmopolitan Humanism: Tauya Chinama on Apatheism, Theology, and Dialogue on 2025-12-14

Partnership Studies 10: Partnership Systems, Caring Economics, and Human Rights on 2025-12-14

Beyond Either-Or Thinking: How Individuals and Systems Drive Social Change on 2025-12-14

Partnerships Studies 9: Partnership Science, Human Rights, and Caring Economics on 2025-12-14

Conversation with Veronica Palladino on High-Range IQ Societies, Mental Health Poetry, and Phenomenology in Medicine on 2025-12-14

Gáspár Békés, European Secularist Network: Secular Policy in Hungary on 2025-12-14

Fumfer Physics 34: P vs NP, Gödel, Chaitin, and Computational Limits on 2025-12-14

Fumfer Physics 33: Relational Information and the Leaky Quantum Universe on 2025-12-14

Fumfer Physics 32: CPUs, GPUs, QPUs & the Smallest Unit on 2025-12-14

Whistleblowing in Ukraine: Legal Protections, Risks, and Realities With Oleksandr Kalitenko on 2025-11-26

Partnership Studies 6: Rethinking Power, Relationships, and Society on 2025-11-26

Ask A Genius 1572: Movies, Mega Test, AI, and Consciousness on 2025-11-26

Ask A Genius 1571: World Braids, Brain Platoons, and the Erosion of Modern Worldviews on 2025-11-26

Ask A Genius 1530: AI Hype vs Reality: Efficiency and Externalities on 2025-11-26

1596: Ely S. Parker Quotes on 2025-11-26

1592: Aleister Crowley Quotes on Thelema and Magick on 2025-11-26

1589: Martin Buber Quotes, Meeting the Thou on 2025-11-26

1588: Terence Tao Quotes by Year (2003–2025) on 2025-11-26

1554: On the Road: Disagreement, Boundaries, and Care on 2025-11-26

1461: Embarrassing Admission on American Christian Forgiveness on 2025-11-26

1460: Andrew Copson on Human Beings and Meaning for Humanists on 2025-11-26

1456: Frank Turek Quotes (1998–2025): Truth, Morality, Science & the Big Bang on 2025-11-26

1455: Rick Rosner on 2025-11-26

1438: Marilyn vos Savant on 2025-11-26

Crisis and resilience: An interview with Thomas Homer-Dixon on 2025-11-25

Māori Boy Atheist: Eru Hiko-Tahuri on Integrating Māori Values with Secular Humanism on 2025-11-08

Ask A Genius 1499: Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes, and the Beauty of Physics on 2025-11-08

Ask A Genius 1494: Rick Rosner says, “Fuck Theology,”or More on Theology, Free Will, and the Politics of Religion on 2025-11-08

Ask A Genius 1487: Humanism and AI: Flexibility, Risks, and Ethical Governance on 2025-11-08

Ask A Genius 1486: Hearing Aids, Sensory Decline, and the Future of Human Augmentation on 2025-11-08

Ask A Genius 1484: Humanism, Religion, and AI: Rick Rosner and Scott Douglas Jacobsen on Emerging Ethical Challenges on 2025-11-08

Ask A Genius 1476: Human Features and Flaws: Evolutionary Strengths, Brain Bugs, and Big-Data Limits on 2025-11-08

1359: Errotic Rule Roleversal on 2025-11-06

Leon Langdon’s Humanist Advocacy at the UN on 2025-11-05

1336: Dependent Moral Structure on 2025-11-05

1309: Improv Cosmelogy on 2025-11-04

Fumfer Physics 31: Life-Permitting Universes on 2025-11-03

Fumfer Physics 30: Particles as Baked Bread on 2025-11-03

Fumfer Physics 29: How the Human Mind Measures Time, Space, and Thought on 2025-11-03

Fumfer Physics 28: Why Pi and Fibonacci Appear in Nature on 2025-11-03

Fumfer Physics 27: Intuition & the Universe on 2025-11-03

Fumfer Physics 26: Can We Understand the Universe Without Math? on 2025-11-03

Fumfer Physics 25: Quantum Limits, Black Holes on 2025-11-03

Fumfer Physics 24: Neutron Stars and the Non–Black-Hole Universe on 2025-11-03

The Soft Cruelties of Conversation: Travelogues and Emotional Safety Reflections on 2025-11-02

Beyond Dogma and Relativism: Scientific Skepticism Meets Secular Humanism on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 23: Why the Universe May Never Face Heat Death on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 22: Entropy, Order on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 21: Cosmic Obliteration, Time, and the Faintest Photon on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 20: Time, Black Holes, and 3D Space on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 19: Galactic Filaments, Gravitational Waves on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 18: Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling and the Engineering of Quantum Reality on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 17: When Space, Matter, Information, and Time Must Scale Together on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 14: Dynamic Mathematical Organisms on 2025-11-02

Riane Eisler on Fibonacci Numbers, AI, and the Search for Truth on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 12: Do We Face Infinite Whys and Finite Hows? on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 11: Is Information in the Universe Preserved or Lost Over Time? on 2025-11-02

Navigating Cultural Fluidity: Self, Stereotypes, and Cross-Border Understanding on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 10: Algorithms, Emergence, and the Universe on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 9: Algorithms, Emergence, and the Nature of Physical Reality on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 8: Distinguishing Energy and Matter in an Informational Universe on 2025-11-02

“Is Spacetime Emergent? New Paper Uses Gödel, Tarski & Chaitin to Challenge Simulation Hypothesis” on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 7: Quantum Unitarity, No-Cloning, and Information Capacity in Cosmology on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 6: Digital Physics, Information, and Consciousness on 2025-11-02

Fumfer Physics 4: The Emergence and Embodiment of Time on 2025-10-23

Fumfer Physics 3: Informational Cosmology & Consciousness on 2025-10-23

Fumfer Physics 2: Black Holes vs. Stars on 2025-10-23

Fumfer Physics 1: Edward Witten’s White Hole on 2025-10-22

Welcome Address to the Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Holography and its Applications: Baku, Azerbaijan on 2025-10-22

Biologic Institute, Douglas Axe, and Intelligent Design Creationism on 2025-10-22

The International Society for Complexity, Information, and Design and Intelligent Design Creationism on 2025-10-22

The Discovery Institute and Intelligent Design Creationism on 2025-10-22

Architects of Intelligent Design Creationism, Then and Now on 2025-10-22

Intelligent Design Creationism’s Fall from Grace on 2025-10-22

Exploring the Memetic Self: Identity, Culture, and Self-Mapping on 2025-10-22

Ronald A. Lindsay on Necessities of Secularism on 2025-10-22

Authoritarianism, Humanism, and Secular Resistance in Peru on 2025-10-22

The First African Atheist Billboard on 2025-10-22

Humanism Is Associated and Distinct From Humanitarianism on 2025-10-22

Intelligent Design Adrift: A Tale of Hard Work with One Paddle on 2025-10-22

CAN BRAIN SCIENCE SAVE DEMOCRACY? on 2025-10-14

THE HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE ACCORDING TO DR. FABIANO F. SANTOS on 2025-10-14

THE SCIENTIST WHO THINKS OUR BRAINS MIGHT DOOM US on 2025-10-04

Panayote Dimitras on Greece and Freethought & on Ancient Greek Gods on 2025-08-15

Roslyn Mould: Humanist and Activist in Ghana on 2025-08-15

HUMANISM, DENNETT, AND AI An Interview with Dr Anthony Grayling on 2025-08-15

What is Canadian Humanism? on 2025-08-13

Daniel Greig, Canadian Drug Policy, Responsibilities, and Psychedelics – The Good Men Project (blog) on 2025-08-09

Ask Dr. Faizal 1 – The Classical and Quantum Understandings of the World on 2025-08-09

An Interview With Rick Rosner on Women and the Future (Part 4) – The Good Men Project (blog) on 2025-08-09

Jacek Tabisz on Humanism and Rationalism in Polish Society – The Good Men Project on 2025-08-09

Aristotle/Alexander: Philosophy and the Fragility of Democracy on 2025-07-30

Science Communication, Humanism, and Time: An Interview with Prof. Jim Al-Khalili on 2025-07-25

From Surface Entropy to Quantum Remnants: A Conversation with Behnam Pourhassan on 2025-07-25

Conversation with Dr. Lawrence Krauss on Non-“Ism” Humanism and Nothing on 2025-07-25

Ask A Genius 1461: Newton vs. Einstein vs. Feynman: Intelligence and Impact on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1458: Human Strengths and Weaknesses: Evolutionary Mismatches and Cognitive Limits on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1456: Quantum Limits, Information Theory, and the Need for a New Physics Paradigm on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1454: Context, Meaning, and Logic: Why Humans Still Outperform AI in Understanding on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1452: Relevance Logic and Contextual Computation: Alternative Logic Systems on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1451: Fuzzy Logic, Quantum Thinking, and the Brain’s Probabilistic Mind on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1450: Explore AI, Consciousness, and the Limits of Human Perception on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1449: AI Consciousness, Tacit Knowledge, and the Skateboarding Skater Girl Test on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1446: Dynamic Epistemic Logic, Modal Reasoning, and Neuroplasticity on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1445: Default and Autoepistemic Logic: Bayesian Reasoning and Self-Referential AI on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1444: Nonmonotonic Logic and Cosmic Thought on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1442: Quantum Jesus, Tipler’s Omega Point, and the Quest to Fuse Science with Faith on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1440: Is the Universe Algorithmic or Contextual? Quantum Logic, Non-Contradiction, and Emergent Time on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1435: Distributed Cognition, Memory, and Paraconsistent Logic on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1434: How Paraconsistent Logic Shapes Computational Cosmology and Next-Gen Artificial Minds on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1431: Human Cognition, Paraconsistent Logic, and Knowledge Networks on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1428: Paraconsistent Logic and Quantum Concepts: Enhancing AI Error Correction and Fault Tolerance on 2025-07-22

Ask A Genius 1427: Neural Correlates, Consciousness Mapping, and AI Oversight on 2025-06-15

Ask A Genius 1426: When Does the Universe Shift from Objective Matter to Subjective Awareness? on 2025-06-15

1255: Arthur Jensen on 2025-06-15

1245: Ann Druyan on 2025-06-15