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Mathematical models suggest that religion is on its way out

I came across this interesting study by Abrams, Yaple, and Wiener, “A mathematical model of social group competition with application to the growth of religious non-affiliation”. When groups compete for members, the resulting dynamics of human social activity may be understandable with simple mathematical models. Here, we apply techniques from dynamical systems and perturbation theory […]

How the Catholic Church is openly meddling in NSW Politics

Article 116 of the Australian Constitution states that The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth. To be […]

Thank god ! Global warming isn’t actually happening !

CARDINAL GEORGE PELL has rebuffed the head of the Bureau of Meteorology, who had said Australia’s highest-ranking Catholic was ”misled” in his views on global warming. Dr Greg Ayers told a Senate estimates hearing last month that the Archbishop of Sydney’s argument against human-induced climate change was based heavily on a book by Ian Plimer, […]