Ideas, opinions, politics, humanities
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What kind of cards does Edward Snowden have?
Let’s face it. We were naive and never expected that governments can be so evil and conduct the largest operational scope that has ever been. Don’t trust the government. One KGB officer has told me that not only start-ups are product of military industrial complex, but he had foreseen these far before we had any…
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When search engines silence controversy
At first glance, search engines appear neutral. They promise relevance. And they promise quality. They imply that the best content naturally rises to the top. However, once we examine their structure more closely, that promise begins to weaken. In reality, modern search is not a neutral archive. Rather, it is a risk-managed, advertiser-sensitive, regulation-aware ranking…
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The Bible cannot withstand scrutiny: The invention of Jesus
The Bible claims authority. It claims revelation. It claims moral and metaphysical finality. Yet historical method does not operate on claims. It operates on evidence. Therefore, the moment we move from faith to critical inquiry, the terrain changes completely. Believers approach the Bible as sacred. Historians approach it as literature. The difference matters. Once we…
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Can Freethinkers International challenge Jesus’ existence on X?
At first glance, the question sounds bold. Can one organization, through posts on X, destroy the historical existence of Jesus? However, beliefs do not collapse because someone attacks them. People reconsider beliefs when doubt becomes legitimate. Therefore, the real task is not destruction. It is normalization of examination. Freethinkers International cannot erase Jesus by force.…
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Neuroscience behind immigrant integration
Public debates about immigrant integration in Europe often revolve around economics, law, or cultural values. However, far less attention is paid to the underlying psychological and neurobiological mechanisms that shape how difficult adaptation truly is. Yet, when individuals migrate across cultures, they are not merely changing geography. They are confronting deeply embedded neural pathways, identity…
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How freethinking challenges social norms
Every enduring society depends on shared assumptions. Yet every enduring society also evolves because someone eventually questions those assumptions. Throughout history, progress has rarely begun with consensus. Instead, it has begun with discomfort — with an individual or group asking whether accepted norms truly deserve their authority. Freethinking represents that disciplined willingness to question. It…
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How would America look without clientelism?
What would happen if the United States severed the quiet exchanges that bind power to privilege? What would change if no surname carried automatic influence, no bank drafted its own regulation, no lobbyist shaped legislation behind closed doors, and no media outlet depended on patronage networks to survive? To answer that, we must first clarify…
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Newton had an IQ of 187, yet would be an atheist in our age
Isaac Newton was an extraordinary historical figure, but historical greatness does not translate automatically into modern intellectual competence. His brilliance existed inside a world with radically limited knowledge, minimal scientific infrastructure, and almost no cumulative correction mechanisms. The modern world is not just more informed; it is structurally different. Intelligence today operates inside dense networks…
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IQ business – our tests, our Mensa, our talents
IQ testing did not emerge from neutral scientific curiosity but from administrative necessity. States needed ways to sort populations, armies needed mechanisms to select recruits, schools needed ranking systems, and industrial economies needed predictable human inputs. The tests were deployed before a coherent theory of intelligence existed, which means practice shaped theory rather than theory…
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Human rights violations in the name of religion: Third part
Human rights frameworks protect freedom of religion while simultaneously prohibiting discrimination, violence, and coercion. This dual protection creates a paradox. Religion enjoys legal shielding as belief, yet often operates as a source of harm when belief transforms into authority. The contradiction does not sit at the margins of human rights law. It sits at its…