Navel Gazing

Final Thought: A few thoughts on nuclear war

I’m not worried about nuclear war. That’s not in a Dr. Strangelove sense of the word. It’s just that we live hundreds of kilometres from...

Final Thought: (in)Effective Altruism

Last issue, if you recall, we talked about a thought problem that philosopher Peter Singer likes to ask people. The basic gist of it is:...

Final Thought: The expanding circle

A few days before going to press, a story came out of the Bahamas. Apparently, while posing for a photo, a girl fell from the...

Final Thought: An address to the grads

I apologize if I get a bit emotional during this speech. I would first like to welcome all of the family friends and other...

Final Thought: Stuff

We’ve all heard the saying: it’s just stuff. And that’s all fine and dandy until it’s you’re stuff that is burned when the apartment you...

Final Thought: 1.5 centi-years on

One of the most infamous incidents in the history of Canadian aviation, second in my mind only to the cancellation of the Avro Arrow,...

Final Thought: Three and a half percent

Over on the left, my hardcore commie Facebook friends are posting memes about “eat the rich” and “smash the system” and “execute all billionaires.” Meanwhile,...

Final Thought: same sized piece of a bigger pie

Over the last few years, the term “girl math” has become a popular meme, mostly amongst women describing the rationalizations made to justify indulgent...

Final Thought: effect and cause

Back when I was in college, I took a course with Professor Doug Cousineau. The “textbook”, such as it was, was a brief, 144...

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