My first impressions of the New Enlightenment project

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Originally published at: https://new.nep-humanism.ca/2026/03/25/my-first-impressions-of-the-new-enlightenment-project/

  In an age when noise is mistaken for argument and outrage for conviction, the New Enlightenment Project stands apart – a quiet, deliberate insistence that reason has not had its day. Founded by Canadian humanists who refuse to treat the Enlightenment as a museum piece, NEP reminds us that liberty, toleration, and the sovereignty…

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Thank you! That’s invigorating!

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no problemo. Claude is helpful!

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Almost always indeed :slight_smile:

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I’m trying to comment, as a Friel, on Test site- Krauss article (BC curriculum) from my phone.

( unsuccessfully - my fault , I’ll try from my computer.)

Richard

A decade ago i visited the Canadian Museum of History ( formerly

A decade ago i visited the Canadian Museum of History ( formerly Canadian Museum of Civilization) with some friends from Europe. A map of North America illustrated from whence the peoples of Canada /North America originated. Arrows from UK, Europe, etc. There were no arrows illustrating the migration of Asian peoples across the Bering Straight area. This fact had been edited out. The Europeans were aware of the origins of the indigenous populations - but the acquiescence of our federal government to aboriginal myth in a national museum was embarrassing.

I’m trying to comment, as a Friel, on Test site- Krauss article (BC curriculum) from my phone.

( unsuccessfully - my fault , I’ll try from my computer.)

Richard

A decade ago i visited the Canadian Museum of History ( formerly

A decade ago i visited the Canadian Museum of History ( formerly Canadian Museum of Civilization) with some friends from Europe. A map of North America illustrated from whence the peoples of Canada /North America originated. Arrows from UK, Europe, etc. There were no arrows illustrating the migration of Asian peoples across the Bering Straight area. This fact had been edited out. The Europeans were aware of the origins of the indigenous populations - but the acquiescence of our federal government to aboriginal myth in a national museum was embarrassing.

I’ll try to explore the test site from my computer.

Richard

Richard