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Truth

Essays and ideas exploring truth, belief, doubt, knowledge, deception, and how we decide what to trust.

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The truth hurts

Consider a few of the things I did during the 24 hours before beginning to write this article. I watched an hour-long episode of a TV…

New Philosopher celebrates 10 years

We're thrilled to be celebrating 10 years of New Philosopher. Back in 2013, we launched the magazine at the Byron Writers Festival - at the time,…

Nothing but the truth

Truth-telling is a virtue, isn’t it? That’s what we’re told. You should be an honest person, and honesty involves telling the truth when asked, not hiding…

Deepfakes: Truth in trouble

Zan Boag: To start with, could you explain a little bit about what deepfakes are, how the technology works, when it is used, and how advanced…

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