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October 5, 2017
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Live long and prosper. In his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins coined the word meme and developed meme theory – the notion that ideas are subject to evolutionary pressures similar to those found in biology. …
October 5, 2017
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I picked the wrong night to stay at the Hotel Blackfoot a few kilometers south of Calgary’s town center. There wasn’t a problem with my room, the meal, or any of the service. It was the wrong night simply because …
October 2, 2017
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A visit to Johnston Canyon. Named for a prospector who discovered gold there some time prior to 1910, Johnston Canyon is neither remote nor off the beaten path but it presents a different aspect than the lakes and mountains of …