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Be merry and solve problems
Researchers at Northwestern University found that people were more likely to solve word puzzles with sudden insight when they were amused, having just seen a short comedy routine by Robin Williams. Not so when they’d seen a scary or boring … Continue reading
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We made the top 10 of Charbonneau!
Ten higher-ed bloggers worth checking out 6 December 2010 It’s hard to keep up with all that’s being written about postsecondary education in Canada, but there are at least 10 bloggers that I do try to read regularly. Here they … Continue reading
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How could someone as smart as Dyson be so dumb about the environment?
The Danger of Cosmic Genius, By Kenneth Brower In the range of his genius, Freeman Dyson is heir to Einstein—a visionary who has reshaped thinking in fields from math to astrophysics to medicine, and who has conceived nuclear-propelled spaceships designed … Continue reading
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Henry Yu: Why Macleans and racism should no longer define Canada
“Our society no longer looks like the beer drinking all-white camaraderie of a Molson Canadian commercial. Perhaps it never did, and white supremacy always needed to hide away into reservations and ghettos all those who did not fit into the … Continue reading
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