Monday, September 28, 2026

Is AI really an existential threat?

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I don't remember reading the word "existential" so frequently since I made my Basics of Philosophy hobby website many years a...

Pope Leo checks his progressivism at the shrine door

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Pope Leo XIV has the reputation of being a pretty progressive Pope. But, lest we forget, that's not actually saying much. Official Catho...
Thursday, September 24, 2026

The wacky world of BC politics

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We sometimes think that Ontario provincial politics is pretty wacky, but it's certainly got nothing on the strange goings-on in British ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2026

AI mathematical proof not without its detractors

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OpenAI has solved one of the thorniest mathematical problems still left unsolved . And not everyone is happy about it. The Navier-Stokes Pro...
Monday, September 21, 2026

The colourful history of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanual Macron had a meeting the other day. It took place, not in Paris, not in Mo...
Friday, September 18, 2026

Canada looks to the east to replace the south

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Canada's - or, more specifically, Mark Carney's - push for closer relations with the European Union makes perfect sense given what i...
Thursday, September 17, 2026

Is privatizing Canada's airports a good idea?

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Mark Carney's latest announcement is about privatizing Canada's four biggest airports : Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. Un...

What Donald Trump knows about interest rates (not much)

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Just one more indication of how little Donald Trump knows (or cares) about economics: after the US Federal Reserve finally had the cojones ...