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How humanism became the new driver of futurism

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By Samuel R. McKee
| The Freethinker Verified
It might seem strange to some, but in the earliest days of the Royal Society, everyone was at least somewhat religious. Convinced that the world was rational and ordered, the first official scientific society on Earth was driven to use this new thing called ‘science’ for the good of one’s fellow humans. Medicine, research, and investigation changed forever and took on a trajectory that transformed first the Western world, and then the entire world.
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Our culture needs to defeat dystopia

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By Samuel R. McKee
| iai.tv
Discussions about the future are dominated by dystopian anxiety, leaving younger generations paralysed by despair. But research scientist and philosopher Samuel McKee argues this pessimism ignores our technological reality. The real barrier to a brighter future is not a failure of science, but of the humanities. Just as the Apollo missions once united society and sparked a wave of innovation, today's breakthroughs must be translated into compelling cultural narratives.
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A recent ‘intelligent design’ blunder proves that science is still the biggest problem for religious apologetics

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By Samuel R. McKee
| The Freethinker Verified
For all the challenges facing religious apologetics in the internet age, science remains the biggest. One can debate the sophistication of theodicies, the challenges of religious pluralism, and the place of religion in our technological future, yet apologetics still brings all its power to bear in making science its greatest failure.
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