Monthly Archives: March 2013

It’s Time For Scientists To Become Politically Active

Posted on March 25, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

A nice feature of the natural sciences is that the work tends to be apolitical: if your assumptions are valid, your experiment is empirically rigourous and your calculations are correct, then you should arrive at the same conclusion whether you … Continue reading →

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Why I Hate the Harper Government in Two Short Votes

Posted on March 22, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

In the past two days, there have been two interesting votes in the House of Commons, both of which serve to underscore precisely why I loathe the Harper Regime as much as I do. The first of them, Bill C-279, … Continue reading →

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The Dunning-Kruger Effect: A Practical Example

Posted on March 21, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

So I’m polishing-off my resumé just now, and I can’t help but notice something as I go through online samples. Namely, when I say that “I’m bad with computers,” what I mean is that I don’t have a lot of … Continue reading →

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Of Friendship

Posted on March 17, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

I lived in one city for the first twenty-three years of my life. During all of that time, I made only one friend about whom I cared enough to make an effort to remain in contact. Think about that for … Continue reading →

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Disqualifying Terms

Posted on March 15, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

There are certain words and phrases whose use in an unironic or non-critical context will immediately stop me from taking the author’s argument seriously. A partial list is presented as follows: “Politically Correct:” This is almost always used as a … Continue reading →

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Public Service Announcement: Feminism

Posted on March 14, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

Feminism, as a process, involves interrogating society, identifying structures which contribute to the oppression of women (or to gender inequality more generally), and acting in order to excise, or in some way modify these structures. Some of these structures are … Continue reading →

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Pathetic Wishful Thinking

Posted on March 9, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

So there’s a “provocative new article” making the rounds amongst Canadian political junkies right now, in which journalist Steve Paikin tries to outline the ‘case’ for suspecting that Stephen Harper will be stepping down as Prime Minister this summer. Much … Continue reading →

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International Women’s Day, 2013

Posted on March 8, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

A few days ago (as part of a lengthy discussion which is deeply not worth the read), Clarissa said something very interesting on the subject of (Trans-Exclusionary/Eliminationist) Radical Feminists: Radfems confuse feminism with an intense dislike of womanhood. Their rabid hatred … Continue reading →

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Cherry Tomatoes

Posted on March 8, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

I have just spent the last several days defending my right to piss in a public washroom to an absolute thundering moron. Needless to say, this has a way of tiring me out. So with your generous indulgence, dear readers, … Continue reading →

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The Death of Pierre Trudeau

Posted on March 6, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

I have noted in the past that the death of Pierre Trudeau in 2000 was one of the seminal events which caused me to take an interest in politics. It is therefore with some fascination that I note that recent … Continue reading →

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