He learned about something, joked/mentioned that he hoped someone asked him about it, someone did, and then he delightedly answered the question. IDG how this is “arranging” for the question to be asked. The press could very easily not indulged his request.

Eh. I don’t have any strong feelings about Trudeau (I seem to be one of the few not fantasizing about him on the daily), but this didn’t really bother me. The actual quote is, “I’m really hoping people ask me how quantum computing works because I was excited to deepen my knowledge of that this morning.” So, sure, he…

This is such a bitter , hate mongering article. God forbid somes great. Put down ur haterade, the color makes u look stupid

This is such utter bullshit. I’m so embarrassed that Gawker media has gone so far as to accepting right wing conspiratorial bullshit as facts

Justin Trudeau being excited about science in no way makes him a phony. This article really felt like it was fishing for a scandal where it just simply doesn’t exist. Learning a new concept that you know is very complex and actually being able to understand it is a very exciting thing for a student of science. And I’m…

McCullough calls it—perhaps a little too stridently— “the North Koreanification of Canadian political reporting” in his headline,

I don’t see how you can blame him when he never tried to hide the fact that he asked for the question. The fault is on the main stream media being entirely incapable of doing their job. Once one outlet spun it off as a “sarcastic reporter” everyone ran with it. It’s not Trudeau’s job to make reporters research facts…

He can’t control the media enough to force them to spin it as a spontaneous reply. Phony would be if he really didn’t know what he was talking about and was just parroting. But he’s an engineer degree drop out, so he’s probably curious and educated enough in STEM to gist how quantum physics and binary computation can…

... except he actually addressed the initial question after his explanation of quantum computing...

The reaction to all of this seems pretty silly. It’s a minor story on both sides....calm down everyone.

If staging a question about science is what Canadian politicians get in trouble for, they must have it pretty good over there.

Eh, he’s a politician. They do those things. But, as an American, I’m impressed he learned some science to answer even a staged question. He could have just said he doesn’t believe in science. Seems to work here.

Here is the thing, Anna. I would take you seriously as a journalist and not a muckraker fuelled by pageclicks if you wrote a three page explanation on quantum computing, how and why it is different from classical computing and why, for instance, it could destroy RSA encryption - in a fashion that your usual audience…

This is weird, but I’m a reader not from the US. So, as far as I can get from this article that he is a very liberal ‘suspiciously handsome guy’ from another country saying some scripted smart things at a press conference? That’s outrageous! A total fake, media hacking!! He is a total monster BTW you girls, that was…

I’m confused - who took this as a politician sticking it to the press? Who thought that the knowledge of quantum computing was innately residing in his brain? Everyone thought it was cool that a politician took the time to learn about science/computers and then did a fabulous job of explaining it. No s*** he learned…

Is this a joke post I can’t tell. Like, are the jezzies mad? I’m not mad. I’m only a quarter jezzy though because I’m forever grey.

I don’t get it, why should he answer questions about ISIS at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics?

Canadian conspiracy: when the PM stages smartfulness.
American Tuesday: Pick which politician will say something fumbduck stupid! You’ll probably pick a winner!

OKAY BUT WE HAVE TRUMP SO…. Canada is definitely still winning! (ps Trudeau I still love you)

Oh come on he is still 1 million times better than Harper! Nobody who goes into politics is 100% real and doing to make the world a better place there is always ego involved and everything is super managed by advisors, PR people ect.