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Feb 25, 2011

Week of February 20, 2011

"Much like how computers play chess, reducing the algorithm into "crunchable" elements can simulate the way humans do things in the result even though the computer's method is entirely different. If the result—the chess move, the Jeopardy answer—is all that matters,...

Blind but Now I See

Feb 18, 2011

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Blind but Now I See

Pen, Ink, and Watercolour on Illustration Board 2010The process of healing is something I've always considered to be incredibly multi-faceted—something that can occur in countless ways, through countless circumstances, and within each and every fraction of the heart...

Feb 18, 2011

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Citation Needed

It’s the mistakes, the slips in its institutional tone, that are the source of my deepest affections for Wikipedia. They remind me of what a human endeavour it all is, how even the barest, most technical of information, has a story behind it.

Feb 18, 2011

Week of February 13, 2011

At least one Comment staffer grew up this way. Key phrase: jack-wagon. We're result #37. Have you tried 3D searching? What Scientists Really Think. Following on his book review in Comment, Cardus' Milton Friesen spoke with the author of Science vs. Religion: What...

Library

Feb 11, 2011

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Library

Cardboard, paper mache, acrylic paint 2009The words viewer and reader are often used somewhat interchangeably in contemporary art theory. It is true that the reader and viewer both engage with culturally significant artifacts and digest them in a conceptual sense, but...

Feb 11, 2011

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Illuminating Civil Society

For anyone interested in the current debate over the relationship between state and civil society, Chaplin’s Herman Dooyeweerd: Christian Philosopher of State and Civil Society makes a significant contribution and deserves a wide readership.

Feb 11, 2011

Week of February 6, 2011

Will there ever be a US president who doesn't do God? // So much for Barack Obama the social liberal: it seems he, too, refers his decisions to the Almighty. Dave Barry does Barry Manilow. 'Nuff said. In advance of Jubilee, Comment editors are devouring everything...