Inside Reflections on Charlie Hebdo • Witchcra in Russia • Suzanne Moore • Azar Nafisi

New Humanist A quarterly journal of ideas, science and culture from the Rationalist Association

Spring 2015 Published since 1885

RATIONALIST a s s o c i a t i o n

The divided self Paul Mason on how social media is transforming consciousness

Lara Pawson The death of Jimmy Mubenga Marcus Chown Why mistakes are key to scientific discovery

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Vol 130 No 1 £4.95 €6 US$7

ISSN 0306-512X newhumanist.org.uk

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