A Review of: The God Effect: How Suggestion and Ritual Shape Religion and Medicine through Placebo Responses (Author: Colin Brewer; Publisher: Imprint Academic)
It was my pleasure to read Colin Brewer’s new book The God Effect on the invitation of his publisher. Dr. Brewer, who practised psychiatry for more than four decades,... Read more.
Revisiting “Sex in the Snow”:
Contrasting Media and Police Responses to Recent Multiple Murders in Canada and the US Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson About two decades ago pollster Michael Adams published... Read more.
Humanism as Resistance: Reclaiming Dialogue in Divided Times
Previously published in: humanistfreedoms The rise of modern individualism, scientific inquiry, and pluralistic thought did not emerge in Europe because Christianity... Read more.
Dr. Christopher DiCarlo on “Building A God”
Dr. DiCarlo warns that humanity is building an unprecedented “god-like” intelligence – a bold claim from a philosopher who thinks fabricating a... Read more.
Antisemitism, the Left and 1967
This article by Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson is part of an anthology Unadorned: Conversations on Antisemitism that will be edited and published by Scott Douglas Jacobsen... Read more.
Board member Widdowson handles hostile CBC reporter on mass grave hoax
On the way to Quesnel, B.C., to discuss the fallout from the book Grave Error, Frances Widdowson faced a hostile interviewer who, among other implied accusations,... Read more.
Be careful in asking an AI a question if you do not already know the answer
Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson I have been canoeing the Hanging Heart Lakes at the northern end of Prince Albert National Park since I was a youth. Oral tradition has it... Read more.
Breaking Down Silos: Fostering Reason and Respect in a Divided World
Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson, psychologist A recent discussion among New Enlightenment Project board members has highlighted a growing breakdown in meaningful communication... Read more.