Secular humanism is a nonreligious worldview that embraces human reason, secular ethics, and philosophical naturalism while specifically rejecting religious dogma, supernaturalism, and superstition as the basis of morality and decision-making. It is based on the Western tradition of liberalism and Enlightenment thought. Secular humanists use compassion, critical thinking, and human experience to find solutions to human problems.
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Federated Moderation: Towards Delegated Moderation?
Introduction In Improving fediverse culture and social behavior along the way I introduced two ideas, that are I think interesting enough to warrant a separate thread. The brainstorm will start in the Lemmy Fediverse Futures ideation space, and elaborated here (if there’s interest). See Lemmy: https...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/17796682
Why would you want to delegate moderation:
Temporarily, while looking for new mods and admins. When an instance is under attack by trolls and the like, ask extra help When there is a large influx of new users
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
A milestone document in the history of human rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. It has been translated into over 500 languages.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/17661292
Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,
Now, therefore,
The General Assembly,
Proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
Remember back in 1997, the Pokemon seizure episode? Hundreds of children reported symptoms, including seizures, after watching a specific episode of the Pokemon cartoon that includes a sequence of fl
Two papers look at the effects of cold water immersion after exercise, with mixed results.
"Last year, @WashburneAlex made a bombshell prediction supporting the lab leak theory. New documents released yesterday confirm his prediction." - Dr. Jay Bhattacharya January 2024
A recent presentation at AACR found a link between accelerated aging and an increased risk of cancer. Then antivaxxers got a hold of it to blame COVID vaccines.
Alex Jones promoted the lie that the Sandy Hook mass shooting was a hoax to sell supplements. This wouldn't have been possible without the DSHEA of 1994.
It is imperative that we protect science education from “intelligent design” and other alternative “theories”
Last week, the FDA handed quacks and antivaxxers a propaganda victory on ivermectin for COVID that they will regret for years to come.
Science: Figuring things out is better than making things up.A tee shirt I recently saw.Except...In a recent post Mayo Clinic Promotes Reiki, Steve seemed surprised that the Mayo was off
A new survey exposes American ignorance about the threat of theocracy
Tik Tok is a cesspool of wellness pseudoscience and misinformation. All of social media has the potential to spread misinformation without any filter, but for some reason Tik Tok has become the prefe
“Religious freedom” is having a moment in federal courts.
Prions. Why did it have to be prions? The idea that vaccines cause prion disease is old, and antivaxxers are trying to resurrect it for COVID-19 vaccines.
Antivaxxers who "repurposed" deworming drugs like ivermectin and fenbendazole are peddling cancer "miracle cure" testimonials that remind me of laetrile.
Hospital workers hear up to 1,000 alarm noises per shift, and that sensory overload is costing hundreds of lives. New research suggests there's a fix that could make a significant difference – while also making key equipment far less annoying.
What Is Faith
Religious faith is a concept that has been defined in various ways, from trust to the biblical definition found in Hebrews:
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
The elusive nature of its definition makes it unclear as to what religious faith truly is. Can anyone shed some light on its true nature? Furthermore, according to the bible, why should it be considered better evidence than things that can be seen?