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Why healthcare is more efficient in Japan than the US and Canada

Posted by RB on May 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The Japanese healthcare system spends FAR less money than the Canadian system, and INCREDIBLY less than the truly abysmal American system, and yet enjoys significantly better results than both. While surely the reason for the differences in health between Japanese, Canadian and American citizens can be traced to reasons beyond the nations’ respective healthcare systems, … Continue reading →

Filed under Politics · Tagged with Canada, economics, healthcare, Japan, US

University Education: Why The Lack Of Accountability?

Posted by RB on November 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I had the BEST day a few months ago! First, I went to the movies and the theatre decided to do the viewers a favour by stopping the movie twenty minutes early. SCORE! With all the extra time my friends and I had, we decided to go grab a beer. Well it must have been … Continue reading →

Filed under Death By Trolley, Society & Culture · Tagged with consumer protection, economics, education, extrinsic, freakonomics, higher education, intrinsic, learning, motivation, strike, tuition, university, University of Western Ontario

Renowned scientist Stuart Kauffman in Toronto TONIGHT (CFI Ontario)

Posted by RB on February 8, 2008 · 5 Comments

For more information on tonight’s event, see: https://theframeproblem.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/renowned-scientist-stuart-kauffman-at-mcmaster-university-tonight-york-university-and-cfi-ontario-tomorrow/ This should be very interesting.

Filed under Atheism, Ethics & Morality, Evolution, Intelligent Design and Creationism, Religion, Science, Society & Culture · Tagged with agency, astronomy, biochemistry, biocomplexity, biodiversity, biology, biophysics, Center For Inquiry, chemistry, consciousness, Creationism, Culture, Darwin, economics, emergence, equilibrium dynamics, Ethics, events, genetics, God, informatics, natural selection, naturalism, News, origins of life, physics, rationalism, reductionism, self-organization, spirituality, Stuart Kauffman, Toronto

Renowned scientist Stuart Kauffman at McMaster University tonight, York University and CFI Ontario tomorrow

Posted by RB on February 7, 2008 · 3 Comments

REINVENTING THE SACRED: How the Paradigm of Emergence Offers New Scientific Views on the Origin of Life and Biodiversity, Economics, Ethics, and Spirituality Stuart Kauffman, Institute for Biochemplexity and Informatics, University of Calgary Thursday, Feb 7, 7:30-930pm, Michael G. Degroote Centre for Learning & Discovery and Atrium (MDCL), Rm. 3022, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W, … Continue reading →

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The next big CFI Ontario event: Professor Stuart Kauffman proposes a new scientific worldview for understanding the origin of life and biodiversity, economics, ethics and spirituality

Posted by RB on January 31, 2008 · 3 Comments

REINVENTING THE SACRED: How the Paradigm of Emergence Offers New Scientific Views on the Origin of Life and Biodiversity, Economics, Ethics, and Spirituality Stuart Kauffman, Institute for Biochemplexity and Informatics, University of Calgary Thurs, Feb 8, 7:30pm, Centre for Inquiry Ontario, 216 Beverley St, downtown Toronto.