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A critical analysis of facilitated communication
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The use of facilitated communication (FC) on Rom Houben, a 46-year old Belgian car crash victim, contributed to his recent diagnostic change from being in a persistent vegetative state to locked-in syndrome. In FC,...
Quantum computing
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Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Byron Southern, a theoretical physicist and professor of quantum mechanics at the University of Manitoba. With a philosophy and psychology background, I felt out of my...
Math 4 Life
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Few words carry such cultural stigma as “mathematics.” We associate being good at math with an intellectual feat and think of math as some abstract concept. The truth is that we all use math...
So Bad it’s Good
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In both fetish and fantasy, the “bad girl” is deviant, overtly sexual and dangerous.
She is the one of temptresses of the Bible (Salome and Magdalene), she is the sword-wielding Judith who beheaded Holofernes...
So much, so fast, so good
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If you are someone who wants their theatre experience to be a self-contained couple of hours — to be impacted during the performance but still be able end your night watching TV while matching...
CD review : William Basinski, “Vivian & Ondine”
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Recently, I hosted a dinner party at my country estate with many of my closest cohorts and familiars. The entire affair was, of course, un-fucking-bearable, due to my deep, internalized contempt for all those...
Uniquely Canadian
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We think we have an identity crisis in this country. We become very quiet when asked the inevitable cultural question, “What is Canadian food?” We resign ourselves to admitting that Canada, while great, is...
