You know, it’s a shame that something as lovely as having Canada’s Wonderland to ourselves was wasted on everyone but Laura. I think she’s the only one who was excited about the rides. Though, to be fair it’s not like we were let loose and told to enjoy ourselves. We were herded to a selection […]
Canada’s Greatest Know It All, Episode Five: If a Nerd Falls in the Forest, Does Anybody Hear?
The day that we showed up on set and were asked to make world maps, I thought huh, ok, that sounds difficult but whatever. Then Andrew asked if the projection should be Mercator, and I thought that there might be trouble brewing. An hour later we came to the other side of the barrier and […]
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Are Humans Getting Dumber?
Reality television would suggest that people are getting dumber, my recent foray into the genre excepted, of course. In general, I’ve found that it is a postmodern anthem to talk about the disappointments and failures of humanity. A friend, Douglas Hicton of Canada’s Greatest Know It All AND Jeopardy fame, recently showed me this article. […]
Canada’s Greatest Know It All Episode Four: The Bro Wars.
This episode was the one I was looking forward to the most. The day of the sky diving challenge we were unceremoniously carted to some exotic southern Ontario locale. We knew that something was different because there were cameras in the car, which was unusual. Still, I steadfastly refused to speculate because that sort of […]
Human Nature
I perennially run across ideas that make me nuts. I was going to write about what constitutes good evidence (as in “both sides of the vaccine issue have their evidence” when in actuality – one side does not), but got thinking about something more fundamental: what’s the nature of humanity? Here’s a question: if I […]
