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December 2024 Critical Links

Posted on December 1, 2024December 1, 2024 By Critical Links

NEWS AND EVENTS

CFIC’s Annual Appeal Starts December 3: The need has never been greater. Read more, or donate here.

Ottawa Skeptics in the Pub (December 3): Tired of listening to people making unlikely claims or promoting outlandish theories? Come out and meet friendly skeptics, atheists, humanists and freethinkers at Skeptics in the Pub. Find out more.

CFIC’s 6th Annual Protecting Blasphemers event: December 10, 2024: This World Human Rights Day, be part of a powerful conversation that shines a light on the struggles and triumphs of those persecuted for their beliefs—or their refusal to believe. Read more, and register here

Help Make CFIC’s Critical Thinking Library a Reality: CFIC needs people to help us advance the goal of critical thinking. This spring, we plan to launch our Critical Thinking Library, but we need your help


Podcast for Inquiry Recent Episodes:

  • Saving civilization is about more than climate change, says Professor Katherine Richardson
  • Melanie Trecek-King defines and discusses critical thinking
  • Does the Bible endorse slavery and genocide? Dr. Joshua Bowen provides receipts.

Guest Appearance by PFI Host Leslie Rosenblood: Leslie recently was a guest on the Apostate Sisters podcast, where he spoke about activism, secularism, and his journey to Humanism. Watch the episode here.


SCIENCE

QuickLinks: AGW, bird flu, research, animal behaviour


SECULARISM/HUMAN RIGHTS

Human Rights News Updates: Update on Omer and other news from CFIC’s Human Rights Chair. Read more.

Importing Political Toxicity: Growing numbers of Canadians appear vulnerable to the sentiments that now define political division in the U.S. Read more.

QuickLinks: Secularism in Quebec; increasing religious influence in Libya, Iraq, Iran, and Bangladesh; blasphemy in the UK.


CRITICAL THINKING

Does democracy Need Salvation? What is democracy? Is it at risk? How can we help? Read more.

A Song for the Season: Spice up your holiday gatherings with a song about critical thinking! Read more.

Keith’s Conundrums: Or Else What?

QuickLinks: Resisting misinformation, old false news, un-wellness, book bans, brain damage linked to fundamentalism.


December Dates of Interest: Winter solstice, action against gender violence, AIDS day, meteors, Hubble, and FORTRAN


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