Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC)
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Edan Tasca In 2004, a psychologist who worked for a travel company called SkyTravel produced a press release that garnered some popular appeal, arguing that there is a most depressing day of every year. It occurs around the third week of January. He called it Blue Monday. The idea was that a lot of unhappy…
Keith Douglas Happy new year everyone! I hope everyone can find a time to be happy this year, at some point. Last time, I began the topic of explanation vs. excuse. I do not have an explanation for why I received no comments, but that’s what happened. More on Explanations and Excuses This time I…
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Questioning the motivations of some who are raising concerns about AI
Thanks to everyone who took the time to participate in our survey on news sources. Our first question related to whether people pay for their news. Here’s what you told us: One respondent told us that they no longer paid for newspaper subscriptions because of government bailouts for legacy media which squeeze out new media…