Sep 19, 20173 min read
FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT
I was reading a book about infinity. In it, the author, not a physicist, deviates into a discussion of the quantum world. He explains how...
Jun 18, 20146 min read
MEASURING DIFFERENCE
When we calculate things like income disparity in this country we don’t typically look at the difference between people’s incomes. (No,...
Jul 8, 20128 min read
I SEE WHY THEY CALLED IT A STING
So there was this news story a while back. It caught my attention as the top news item of the day on my newsfeed. The article was about...
Feb 13, 20129 min read
TAKING OWNERSHIP
You may or may not have noticed that owning a car is one of the entry points to respectable society. And if you turn on the television or...
Jan 23, 20128 min read
PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC BOLLOCKS or WHY MATH AND SCIENCE MATTER
I was standing in the checkout line at my friendly neighbourhood grocery store when I noticed a display of homeopathic remedies above the...
Dec 9, 20115 min read
REMEMBERING MASSEY or FILMS NOT BOMBS
The findings of Canada’s Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences (or “the Massey Report”, if you...
Sep 23, 200913 min read
NOISE POLLUTION
Defining noise in a truly satisfactory way is a complicated issue. In his book The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of...
