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jbudJ.K. Trotter
4/18/16 9:28am
On the one hand, it turns out this was a lame setup that helps the “politicians are fake” argument.

On the other hand - still okay with me that he took the time to explain something scientific, as opposed to the polar opposite of actively denying science.
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  You might be wrong.jbud
  4/18/16 9:34am
  He exhibited a level of knowledge on the subject that nearly literally anyone could grasp within a few moments. This is not a high bar being set.
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  AnchoweresqueYou might be wrong.
  4/18/16 9:47am
  His predecessor was a climate change denier, so I mean it’s not like the bar was all that high to start with.
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Masshole JamesJ.K. Trotter
4/18/16 9:21am
So it was a setup. So what? Let’s stick to what’s important here...

*Sigh*

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  Hip Brooklyn StereotypeMasshole James
  4/18/16 9:25am
  Listen, I never liked Doonesbury anyway.
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  Masshole JamesHip Brooklyn Stereotype
  4/18/16 9:28am
  I don’t get it.
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Quasar FunkJ.K. Trotter
4/18/16 9:21am
Canadian political scandals are so much cooler than ours.
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  Masshole JamesQuasar Funk
  4/18/16 9:25am
  Canadian political scandals are so much ~~cooler~~ more boring than ours.
  
  *Fixed*
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  benjaminalloverMasshole James
  4/18/16 9:30am
  Not necessarily, but this is particularly silly non-issue.
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Sid and FinancyJ.K. Trotter
4/18/16 9:21am
This will likely be his Waterloo.

By which I mean his first #1 hit credited as ABBA.
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  ThenSASid and Financy
  4/18/16 9:26am
  How could he ever refuse?
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  Ned FreySid and Financy
  4/18/16 11:03am
  And now that song will be running through my head all day. Thanks!
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Fearing the DeadJ.K. Trotter
4/18/16 9:24am
This is the lamest “setup” I’ve ever heard of. I came in, based on the headline, thinking it was going to be a planted question, but it was just a politician maneuvering... like politicians do.
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  You might be wrong.Fearing the Dead
  4/18/16 9:36am
  Apparently you didn’t read past the headline. It was a planted question, just planted in way that doesn’t involve a corrupted press.
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  MeHateHeYou might be wrong.
  4/18/16 9:55am
  How the question was delivered is not the problem. The way it was reported was the problem.
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benjaminalloverJ.K. Trotter
4/18/16 9:21am
Ha. North Koreanification. Did you happen to notice that the Canadian Press has always sucked?

ETA: this seems like a very strange issue on which to criticize him for manipulating the press or them for going along; he’s promoting the science and the institution because the government just made a large investment in them.
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  mkUltravoxbenjaminallover
  4/18/16 10:24am
  especially since:Prime Minster Harper did not allow scientists to talk to the press and Harper was always adversarial to the press
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  Erikbenjaminallover
  4/18/16 11:26am
  The Canadian media has a severe love-in going for Trudeau, not least of which because he’s a polar opposite of Harper in terms of, well, everything really - age, message, access, interests, charisma, etc.
  
  I’m all for more open communication between government and media but the pendulum seems to have swung a bit far the other way. No doubt in time things will even out but for now it’s a bit embarrassing to see some media types falling all over themselves when it comes to Justin Trudeau.
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mkUltravoxJ.K. Trotter
4/18/16 10:19am

“Hi, I’m JJ”

(fer realz)
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  MarksMakermkUltravox
  4/18/16 12:07pm
  I walk past this twerp occasionally on the streets of Vancouver, and let me tell you, rarely has a face so fully embodied the term “punchable”.
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  mkUltravoxMarksMaker
  4/18/16 12:30pm
  to adopt that look consciously (the mustache) to me is very odd. why would one choose to look like the cliche/meme about creepy men? (with the hair it’s like a nightmare phil spector / terry richardson mashup)
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Sluicer's ghostJ.K. Trotter
4/18/16 9:25am
Yo JK... thanks for the love (any publicity is good publicity - DJ Trump), but the real scandal is that he has not moved on legalization. So what this means is that the RCMP is busting LEGAL dispensaries in Vancouver and random local police forces are doing arbitrary enforcement as well. While the Trudeau government was elected in part on the promise to legalize (ok and to blow out that bible salesmen Harper) it is in effect running under the same repressive rules. That just blows so bad... for those of us who read about Colorado and are green with envy it is like having a Ted Cruz autographed dildo shoved up our collective asses.
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  Masshole JamesSluicer's ghost
  4/18/16 9:27am
  He’ll get to it soon hippie. Inhale some frankincense and calm down.
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  TraceMasshole James
  4/18/16 9:36am
  This comment made me actually laugh out loud so A++ would star this multiple times if I could.
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KyuzoJ.K. Trotter
4/18/16 10:28am
Even if it was staged, it at least demonstrated enough intellectual curiosity to have a cursory understanding of an advanced technology still in development.

Any world leader should be able to offer that explanation of what quantum computing is. They should be able to briefly explain nuclear fission and superconductors and how the internet works, too.

The bar is extraordinarily low. I doubt Donald Trump could explain any scientific concept.
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  CreampuffZooKyuzo
  4/18/16 8:41pm
  No, that’s really not necessary. Knowledge of nuclear fission doesn’t make you any better at championing the disposal of nuclear weapons. Nor do I want somebody micromanaging disbursements for research based on a “bill nye the science guy” episode understanding of the field.
  
  It would be nice, though, if they weren’t there because their dad was prime minister. Maybe they would have some actual qualifications for their job. This guy is a vapid bimbo on the order of Sarah Palin (although Sarah Palin didn’t get her job from nepotism). But everyone loves him here because he’s a liberal.
  
  Signed, someone with an actual engineering degree, who understands and apprrciates these things more than Trudeau does, probably.
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  KyuzoCreampuffZoo
  4/18/16 9:22pm
  Thanks for your insight. I’m an engineer too, and I don’t mind having political leaders who champion science and seek to know something about it.
  
  Any adult who can’t explain nuclear fission in a sentence or two absolutely shouldn’t be anywhere near a seat of power.
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BingleyJoeJ.K. Trotter
4/18/16 10:16am
Justin Trudeau’s Quantum Computing Explanation Was Likely Staged for Publicity because politicians gonna politic.

But he also answered the reporter’s original qustion about Daesh, so there’s nothing scandalous or interesting going on here other than the fact that no one appears to give a fuck about his answer to that question.
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  AlmightyPoopcatBingleyJoe
  4/18/16 10:33am
  
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  Frostbite3030BingleyJoe
  4/18/16 10:57pm
  Because if you pay attention to this shit at all he has answered that question 756 times before. The quantum answer is a first, hence it gets reported.
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Justin Trudeau’s Quantum Computing Explanation Was Likely Staged for Publicity because politicians gonna politic.

But he also answered the reporter’s original qustion about Daesh, so there’s nothing scandalous or interesting going on here other than the fact that no one appears to give a fuck about his answer to that question.