Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC)
Your humanist community for scientific, skeptical, secular, and rational inquiry.
Keith Douglas About last time, Alex B. sent along the idea that this was worth thinking about — thanks! My own view of the possibility and necessity puzzle is really that there is not much use to modal logic as presented. It does entail that calculating possibility is harder if one uses (for example) a…
Last year we asked our board and leadership team to make some predictions for 2022. This year we asked them to comment on how accurate they were. While not all of them provided feedback, here’s what they said. Our leader and President, Gus Lyn-Piluso, had only one prediction: He assured us that the Leafs would…
Leslie Rosenblood Podcast for Inquiry has just wrapped its first year, and what a year it’s been! Here’s a sample of what we’ve accomplished: Big names on the podcast: Steven Pinker, Julie Bindel, Jonathan Kay, and William Davis; Tackled some challenging and controversial topics: Bill 21 (both sides), free speech, and artificial intelligence; Fascinating conversations…
Sandra Dunham The wearing of the hijab and other religious head coverings has received significant attention internationally since the arrest of Mahsa Amini and her subsequent death in custody. (See Mahsa Amini’s Legacy: Update on Iran for more information.) There are strong emotions associated with religious symbols in general and head coverings in particular. In…
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Julia Kim For the first time in the nearly 70-year history of controlled fusion research, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have successfully effected a fusion reaction that produced more energy than what it took to ignite it. U.S. officials have reported this promising result could eventually accelerate the world’s transition to renewable energy,…