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Why We Do, What We Do

The Royal Society's motto 'Nullius in verba' roughly translates

as 'take nobody's word for it'.

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In the UK (and Elsewhere), in These Days, We Live in Dark Times, Getting Darker ...

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"Enlightenment philosophy tends to stand in tension with established religion [i.e. social control - Law], insofar as the release from self-incurred immaturity in this age, daring to think for oneself, awakening one's intellectual powers, generally requires opposing the role of established religion [i.e. social control - Law] in directing thought and action. The faith of the Enlightenment – if one may call it that – is that the process of enlightenment, of becoming progressively self-directed in thought and action through the awakening of one's intellectual powers, leads ultimately to a better, more fulfilled human existence."

Immanuel Kant

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The Origins of the Royal Society  

https://royalsociety.org/about-us/history

The Royal Society of London

http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/exploration_and_endeavour/take_no_ones_word_for_it

Enlightenment 

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/enlightenment

Age of Enlightenment 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment

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Monday 2 February 2015 

Free speech? Not at four in five UK universities 

"The concept of a new 'endarkenment' is starting to become scarily accurate."

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/feb/02/free-speech-universities-spiked-ban-sombreros

2 February 2015

Exposed: the staggering scale of censorship on campus 

"The first UK-wide analysis of illiberalism in our universities."

http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/exposed-the-staggering-scale-of-censorship-on-campus/16658#.VM-X3yxJ0dV

February 8, 2015 11:02 pm

British MPs Recommend Prevention Orders Used for Sex Offenders to Tackle Antisemitism on Social Media [false-flag]

"The orders could also prevent them from hiding behind fake identities online."

http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/02/08/british-mps-recommend-prevention-orders-used-for-sex-offenders-to-tackle-antisemitism-on-social-media/

9th February 2015 

MPs call for 'internet Asbos' for abusive social media users 

"Archbishop of Canterbury backs calls for 'internet Asbos'."

http://www.itv.com/news/story/2015-02-09/mps-call-for-internet-asbos-for-abusive-social-media-users/

Sunday 1 March 2015 13.07 GMT

Government row over ban on extremist speakers on university campuses

"The dispute centres on the content of an advisory note to be sent as part of a new statutory requirement on universities to draw up strategies to combat radicalisation on campus. The broad issue has been a running sore for years, with some accusing vice chancellors of being too liberal. "

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/01/government-row-over-limiting-free-speech-on-university-campuses

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First they came for the 'sex offenders', but ... then they came for the 'terrorists', but ... pic.twitter.com/l6wWNcHmBn
— The OSC (@OSC______P) February 9, 2015

(Embedded Tweet - click date)

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September 12, 2016

Academic Freedom Dying Because Profs Too Scared to Use It: Report

"Academic freedom in the UK will wither and die thanks to a generation of lecturers too scared to challenge the status quo, a major new book claims today.

Universities are trapped “worshipping at the altar of progressive [sic] opinion”, and individual scholars self-censor to avoid the wrath of their peers, according to the publication by Civitas, an independent think tank."

http://heatst.com/world/academic-freedom-dying-because-profs-too-scared-to-use-it-report/?mod=sm_tw_post

http://www.civitas.org.uk/reports_articles/on-academic-and-other-freedoms

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