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and the evolution of sexual abuse accusations", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/weinstein-and-the-evolution-of-sexual-abuse-accusations/", "published_at": "2017-10-27T15:29:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fd-9442-70f6-a107-de40e76b8d2f", "title": "Noakes: eat pandas, not plants", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/noakes-eat-pandas-not-plants/", "published_at": "2017-10-04T09:36:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fd-cb72-714d-8404-2f0a9e27f2e6", "title": "Free speech and freedom from consequence", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/free-speech-and-freedom-from-consequence/", "published_at": "2017-09-08T19:31:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fd-cb72-714d-8404-2f0a9e630fc6", "title": "Cyril Ramaphosa and the irrelevance of adultery", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/cyril-ramaphosa-irrelevance-adultery/", "published_at": "2017-09-06T13:23:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fd-cb72-714d-8404-2f0a9f17f5b8", "title": "#Charlottesville – “I think a lot more people are going to die before we’re done here”", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/charlottesville-lot-people-die/", "published_at": "2017-08-16T08:42:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fd-cb72-714d-8404-2f0a9f4e59ed", "title": "Anecdotes versus data in public discourse", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/anecdotes-data/", "published_at": "2017-07-28T20:40:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fd-cb72-714d-8404-2f0a9f7ffbe8", "title": "As By Fire – Jonathan Jansen on the 2015/6 university protests", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/fire-jonathan-jansen-20156-university-protests/", "published_at": "2017-07-15T10:35:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fd-cb72-714d-8404-2f0a9fd7d0f4", "title": "Religion in South African (public) schools verdict: a victory for OGOD", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/religion-south-african-public-schools-verdict-victory-ogod/", "published_at": "2017-06-28T13:06:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fd-cb72-714d-8404-2f0aa078dfbf", "title": "God vs Knysna fires and Vegter vs Vegter", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/god-knysna-fires-vegter-vegter/", "published_at": "2017-06-21T08:11:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fd-cb72-714d-8404-2f0aa0a80b59", "title": "On the Democratic Alliance and Zille’s settlement agreement", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/democratic-alliance-zilles-settlement-agreement/", "published_at": "2017-06-13T18:26:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fd-cb72-714d-8404-2f0aa12439be", "title": "Zille’s suspension, and the suspension of common sense", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/zilles-suspension-suspension-common-sense/", "published_at": "2017-06-10T15:34:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fd-cb72-714d-8404-2f0aa1e553a0", "title": "No, that doesn’t actually beg the question", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/no-that-doesnt-actually-beg-the-question/", "published_at": "2017-05-20T12:49:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fe-0cb9-724f-b104-5cab961525ee", "title": "OGOD finally has its day in court", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/ogod-finally-day-court/", "published_at": "2017-05-18T09:35:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fe-0cb9-724f-b104-5cab96bdc0f6", "title": "#BlueWhale: a greater threat to journalistic reputations than to teens", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/bluewhale-a-greater-threat-to-journalistic-reputations-than-to-teens/", "published_at": "2017-05-11T12:44:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fe-0cb9-724f-b104-5cab9730acff", "title": "Signs and significance, Vol. I: the UCT Library", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/signs-significance-vol-uct-library/", "published_at": "2017-05-11T07:23:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fe-0cb9-724f-b104-5cab977b2a00", "title": "So that is indeed enough: Karel Schoeman and assisted dying", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/karel-schoeman-assisted-dying/", "published_at": "2017-05-03T09:36:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fe-0cb9-724f-b104-5cab97a27235", "title": "The Press Ombusdman’s Huffington Post ruling – #ShelleyGarland and hate speech", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/press-ombusdmans-ruling-huffington-post-shelleygarland/", "published_at": "2017-04-23T10:36:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fe-0cb9-724f-b104-5cab97f7201b", "title": "Huffington Post, Shelley Garland and editorial responsibility", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/huffington-post-shelley-garland-editorial-responsibility/", "published_at": "2017-04-18T08:48:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fe-0cb9-724f-b104-5cab98154f91", "title": "Zapiro and the rape of South Africa", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/zapiro-rape-south-africa/", "published_at": "2017-04-11T16:14:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fe-0cb9-724f-b104-5cab98836890", "title": "Basic Education in Demonology", "url": "https://www.synapses.co.za/basic-education-demonology/", "published_at": "2017-03-28T11:01:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d9fe-0cb9-724f-b104-5cab9949a527", "title": "Helen Zille and “valuable aspects of colonial heritage”.", "url": 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2025

AI, education, and a generation of zombies original ↗

9 Sept 2025

2024

Purple cows, Cabanac and the Democratic Alliance original ↗

26 Aug 2024

UCT and the proposed academic boycott of Israel original ↗

10 Mar 2024

2023

Liberal democracy: Roets, Vegter and van Staden original ↗

27 Jun 2023

Vale, Eusebius McKaiser original ↗

30 May 2023

Currents and undertoads original ↗

26 May 2023

Further notes on OpenAI and ChatGPT original ↗

1 Feb 2023

2022

The OpenAI chatbot and the future of higher education original ↗

17 Dec 2022

Epistemic exuberance at the dinner table original ↗

26 Aug 2022

Vaccine mandates, personal freedom and public health original ↗

24 Jan 2022

2021

Challenges to science communication in a post-truth World original ↗

30 Nov 2021

Critical Race Theory and the SAIRR original ↗

25 Aug 2021

Vaccination, ethics and freedom of choice original ↗

21 Aug 2021

Liberalism doesn’t rule out compassion original ↗

14 Jul 2021

On Zille’s #StayWoke: Go Broke original ↗

26 Apr 2021

Review: The Psychology of Stupidity original ↗

26 Feb 2021

Assisted dying, religion and reportage original ↗

11 Feb 2021

Coverage of the Muizenberg lockdown protest original ↗

31 Jan 2021

South African alcohol bans under Covid lockdown original ↗

18 Jan 2021

Trump, Twitter, and freedom of speech original ↗

11 Jan 2021

Storming the Capitol – Trump’s exit won’t fix much original ↗

7 Jan 2021

2020

“Classical Liberalism” and the Institute of Race Relations original ↗

7 Dec 2020

The (current) metamorphosis of the Democratic Alliance original ↗

3 Nov 2020

Credibility depends on where you live (apparently)original ↗

23 Oct 2020

I hope this finds you well original ↗

11 Aug 2020

Trusting ourselves after lockdown original ↗

30 May 2020

Politics in a pandemic: the rationality of restrictions original ↗

15 May 2020

Noakes and vaccine-assisted herd immunity original ↗

5 May 2020

The City of Cape Town and management of public spaces original ↗

28 Apr 2020

Who will we be “after” Covid-19?original ↗

15 Apr 2020

Coronavirus lockdown, South Africa: bioethics and miscellany original ↗

5 Apr 2020

COVID-19, South Africa, and humility regarding scientific reasoning original ↗

17 Mar 2020

FW de Klerk, [some of] the DA, and crimes against sanity original ↗

16 Feb 2020

The Democratic Alliance and its uncertain future original ↗

8 Feb 2020

2019

Repealing Section 6 of the Civil Union Act original ↗

3 Dec 2019

The Democratic Alliance “2.0” and how they have (allegedly) killed the liberalism of Suzman et al.original ↗

27 Nov 2019

Bread from air: the outcomes of visionary thinking original ↗

30 Oct 2019

Sboros on Noakes and academic “mobbing” at UCT original ↗

17 Sept 2019

Zille vs. Haffajee on hate speech and the Economic Freedom Fighters original ↗

22 Aug 2019

Race-based party membership: Steven Friedman on BLF original ↗

1 Aug 2019

The glorification of violence, and the case of Andy Ngo original ↗

30 Jun 2019

On assisted dying, and Sean Davison being sentenced to 3 years of house arrest original ↗

19 Jun 2019

On Chief Justice Mogoeng calling for prayer in Parliament original ↗

27 May 2019

Election thoughts: South Africa, 8 May 2019 original ↗

8 May 2019

Square Brackets: a podcast about elisions, ambiguities and [our] confusions original ↗

16 Apr 2019

On banning the Christchurch manifesto original ↗

2 Apr 2019

Who to vote for: South African National Elections 2019 original ↗

14 Mar 2019

Raising the dead: too many questions, but more than enough answers.original ↗

27 Feb 2019

Two South African stories, one stupid, one more serious original ↗

20 Feb 2019

Weekend reading in ethics, featuring Marie Kondo original ↗

9 Feb 2019

Data harvesting, Facebook, and the “10 year challenge”.original ↗

17 Jan 2019

The Tyranny of Opinion – Russell Blackford original ↗

10 Jan 2019

Computational propaganda, clickbait, and personal responsibility original ↗

7 Jan 2019

2018

The “Journal of Controversial Ideas”original ↗

15 Nov 2018

Judge Learned Hand and liberalism original ↗

18 Oct 2018

The Civil Union Amendment Bill original ↗

21 Sept 2018

On Helen Zille and identity politics “destroying freedom”.original ↗

17 Sept 2018

Beware Ransomware original ↗

11 Sept 2018

Steve Bannon and no-platforming original ↗

5 Sept 2018

COPE and the Civil Union Act original ↗

21 Aug 2018

DignitySA and COPE to bring advance directives Bill to Parliament original ↗

2 Aug 2018

On Trump and bullshit original ↗

18 Jul 2018

Kevin Anderson: who gets to be South African?original ↗

14 Jul 2018

The Magic Pill – Pete Evans does “documentary”original ↗

29 Apr 2018

A (partial) autopsy of pseudoscience: Natasha Bolognesi and WAVEEX original ↗

22 Apr 2018

A word on Vicki Momberg original ↗

28 Mar 2018

Free speech and the problem of binary responses original ↗

20 Mar 2018

Social media, and productive discourse on Twitter original ↗

6 Mar 2018

Blasphemy and the South African Film and Publications Board original ↗

18 Feb 2018

Ramaphosa, and the soft tyranny of low expectations original ↗

15 Feb 2018

Noakes on McAlpine’s review of Lore of Nutrition original ↗

25 Jan 2018

Free speech, Virgin Trains and the Daily Mail original ↗

11 Jan 2018

2017

Noakes and vaccination: if it quacks like a duck…original ↗

4 Dec 2017

Goree Island original ↗

28 Nov 2017

Food marketing to children, and the responsibilities of parents original ↗

15 Nov 2017

Sugar, the food industry, marketing and informed consumer choice original ↗

13 Nov 2017

Public science communication and the PURE diet study original ↗

9 Nov 2017

Lore of Nutrition – Prof. Tim Noakes and Marika Sboros original ↗

4 Nov 2017

Weinstein and the evolution of sexual abuse accusations original ↗

27 Oct 2017

Noakes: eat pandas, not plants original ↗

4 Oct 2017

Free speech and freedom from consequence original ↗

8 Sept 2017

Cyril Ramaphosa and the irrelevance of adultery original ↗

6 Sept 2017

#Charlottesville – “I think a lot more people are going to die before we’re done here”original ↗

16 Aug 2017

Anecdotes versus data in public discourse original ↗

28 Jul 2017

As By Fire – Jonathan Jansen on the 2015/6 university protests original ↗

15 Jul 2017

Religion in South African (public) schools verdict: a victory for OGOD original ↗

28 Jun 2017

God vs Knysna fires and Vegter vs Vegter original ↗

21 Jun 2017

On the Democratic Alliance and Zille’s settlement agreement original ↗

13 Jun 2017

Zille’s suspension, and the suspension of common sense original ↗

10 Jun 2017

No, that doesn’t actually beg the question original ↗

20 May 2017

OGOD finally has its day in court original ↗

18 May 2017

#BlueWhale: a greater threat to journalistic reputations than to teens original ↗

11 May 2017

Signs and significance, Vol. I: the UCT Library original ↗

11 May 2017

So that is indeed enough: Karel Schoeman and assisted dying original ↗

3 May 2017

The Press Ombusdman’s Huffington Post ruling – #ShelleyGarland and hate speech original ↗

23 Apr 2017

Huffington Post, Shelley Garland and editorial responsibility original ↗

18 Apr 2017

Zapiro and the rape of South Africa original ↗

11 Apr 2017

Basic Education in Demonology original ↗

28 Mar 2017

Helen Zille and “valuable aspects of colonial heritage”.original ↗

17 Mar 2017

6 snappy comebacks to “6 snappy comebacks for sugar sceptics”original ↗

14 Mar 2017