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Gaaark writes:

From-the-I-am-Spock-dept

The new Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, is a nerd.
Several examples have already arisen:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=trudeau+nerdIfw_LwlgmR-PrM;http://www.nerdspan.com/the-mind-of-scott-canada-elects-a-nerd-friendly-leader/&source=iu&pf=m&fir=6mwehp9EPDJWnM:,Ifw_LwlgmR-PrM,_&usg=__UfeXDmsxgaCtHydA6kwUsnvk9xw=&ved=0ahUKEwjT07PwgpLMAhVE8j4KHcSJArMQyjcIJA&ei=gZcRV5OPI8Tk-wHEk4qYCw#imgrc=6mwehp9EPDJWnM: [google.ca]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k057-AmLL4 [youtube.com]

The latest example is him answering a journalists' flip question with a TL;DR good layman's answer (could Trump or Clinton answer this question?):
http://globalnews.ca/news/2641108/pm-justin-trudeau-gives-reporter-quick-lesson-on-quantum-computing-during-visit-to-waterloo/ [globalnews.ca]

I'm hoping this is a good thing for Canada's scientific realm, after the policing and scientific holocaust that we went through with our last PM (*Cough*Harper*cough*)
:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkTYF2MGH0E [youtube.com]

Here's hoping that Trudeau is Spock: here's hoping for a bright Canadian scientific future.
DISCLAIMER: I did not vote for him, but was quite willing to if it seemed necessary to get rid of Harper.

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