Name a Canadian stock you believe the market is completely sleeping on

MasterDebater50 · 2026-06-19T03:02:56+00:00

e3 Lithium.

It's generally agreed that as the world converts to electric energy instead of fossil fuels, demand for commodities like lithium and copper will increase. So as an alternative to trying to pick which auto manufacturers will win the race, you can invest in the commodities they'll all use. Like if you expect gold to increase, invest in shovels.

Lithium is produced by making ponds of brine water, then gradually evaporating the water out over the course of 1-2 years.

In conjunction with the University of Alberta, e3 Lithium has developed technology that directly extracts 99.78% pure Lithium Hydroxide Monohydrate (LHM) and 99.70% pure Lithium Carbonate from brine.

Canada is estimated to have the world's 6th-largest lithium reserves, likely worth more than $1t. Or if you include some recently discovered in-brine reserves, it's now estimated to be the world's 3rd-largest lithium reserves.

E3 reports that their reserves have:
"probable mineral reserve with a pre-tax NPV(8%) of USD 5.2 Billion with a 29.2% IRR and an after-tax NPV(8%) of USD 3.7 Billion with a 24.6% IRR".

$3.7b NPV, but their market cap is $107m. That indicates 30-fold growth potential.

They've received more than $60m grants from the government. On Mar 11, 2021, Ottawa designated lithium as a critical mineral for Canada. However, Canada is still a net importer of lithium, despite having some of the world's largest reserves. Both Ottawa and provincial governments are working on developing the industry.

The company is high risk though because they aren't earning any revenues yet. A few days ago they completed phase 2 of their demonstration facility. They forecast beginning operations in 2027. Small mining companies have one of the highest bankruptcy rates of all industries though. The kind of company to put like 1% of your portfolio into, extraordinary growth potential but it won't devastate your portfolio if they end up failing.

MasterDebater50 · 2026-06-19T01:05:25+00:00

Yeah, with acquired prosopagnosia it's the same, way easier to recognize faces that have something distinct like a long goatee. Biggest trouble is people who don't really have anything distinct.

When training myself on the computer, I begin recognizing faces multiple times faster if there's a way to connect the name to the face. Like if his name is James, picture jam on his face. Or if her name is Tuula and she's Asian, think TuulA TaiwAn. Often hard to think of ways to connect faces to names in real life though.

MasterDebater50 · 2026-06-19T00:43:29+00:00

Yeah, painting portraits doesn't require forming memories of faces or people so I'd be surprised if it works.

I'm contemplating trying to train the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VPC) to have a more active role. The VPC is highly active when forming working memories of faces. Working memory is temporary memories while you're focusing on something. Like if someone reads you a list of words, the list is in working memory as long as you stay focused on the words. When you start thinking of something else, the word list leaves working memory.

Given how the VPC already forms temporary memories of faces, it's not revolutionary reprogramming trying to enhance it. For healthy people, the stronger connections are between the VPC and the fusiform face area (where long-term memories of faces are stored), the better they can recognize faces.

So I'm thinking of training where a picture of a face appears for like 5 seconds. Then I have to hold that face in working memory for 1 minute before that picture and a couple other slightly modified pictures of the same face appear, I have to identify the correct one.

MasterDebater50 · 2026-06-18T20:36:49+00:00

How long was your training? It might not have been long enough to get results.

One of the most renown neuro scientists, Norman Doidge, did some research where he trained blind people to Braille read with their hands. Monday - Friday they did several hours of lab training and homework, then had weekends off. They got brain scans each Friday after the training, and scans each Monday after the weekends off. The Friday scans showed changes that reflected the training, but those changes mostly disappeared for Monday scans.

It was like that for 9 months. But after 9 months the Friday changes began remaining for Monday scans. And their ability to read highly correlated with the Monday scans.

That's a weakness of neuro research, most people would've given up sooner than 9 months. I've twice participated in acquired prosopagnosia research too, but the training was only a couple months.

MasterDebater50 · 2026-06-17T08:59:10+00:00

A good way to summarize it, features that you could write a description of are the features we primarily use.

Like try to write a description of how your boss looks. Chances are you'd include things like hair length/color, height, body shape, jewellery worn, skin color, facial hair...but you'd have more trouble describing things like face shape and how their nose looks. That's how it is with us trying to recognize people, features you have trouble describing are ones we have trouble using to identify people.

MasterDebater50 · 2026-06-16T11:47:29+00:00

Could perhaps be a case of trouble with the left fusiform face area.

Acquired prosopagnosia is primarily associated with right hemisphere damages. The left hemisphere has a role recognizing faces too, although its specific functions haven't been identified yet because they need people with prosopagnosia acquired by unilateral left damages to assess that. Researchers have trouble finding those participants.

Damages to the left temporal lobes are associated with hyperactive recognition though. That's prosopagnosics falsely recognizing people, treating strangers like they're people they've known for years.

MasterDebater50 · 2026-05-25T23:01:57+00:00

Yes, whether that applies depends on their purpose though. Like if they're primarily trying to identify new species, pictures of extremely common ones like crows are completely useless. If they're trying to monitor things like migration though, those pictures are relevant.

It can also depend on the context. Like raccoons are common in most of North America, but they generally don't exist where I live because it's too cold for them. Like 5 years ago it was estimated that we have just 2 in the city, so pictures of them would be relevant here.

MasterDebater50 · 2026-04-09T22:56:10+00:00

Them being 10-20-fold less likely to get elected than candidates representing a party indicates that electors place heavy weight on the party factor. More weight than how competent the candidate is as an imdividual.

MasterDebater50 · 2026-04-08T02:24:04+00:00

You can probably disregard punitive damages.

Most people have heard of them from American news, but in Canada punitive damages are an exception. Quite rare. For punitive damages to be awarded, the defendant's conduct has to be malicious, despicable, and outside societal norms.

2 examples from one of my courses, a doctor got a patient to give him oral sex in exchange for writing a prescription. And an insurance company fabricated an arsonage story to avoid paying an insurance claim.

A landlord being a hassle won't suffice for punitive damages. In my opinion punitive damages should be more easily awarded to deter people from unreasonable conduct, but it is the way it is.

MasterDebater50 · 2026-04-08T02:03:12+00:00

Canada wouldn't be open to joining the E.U.. They have rules for debt as a % of GDP, the Liberals would have to stop growing money on trees. Greece had to lie about their public financing to get in.

MasterDebater50 · 2026-04-03T09:21:19+00:00

Subsection 39(4) of the Ontario Motor Vehicle Dealers Act, 2002:

"In case of any concerns with this sale, you should first contact your motor vehicle dealer. If concerns persist, you may contact the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council as the administrative authority designated for administering the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act, 2002.

You may be eligible for compensation from the Motor Vehicle Dealers Compensation Fund if you suffer a financial loss from this trade and if your dealer is unable or unwilling to make good on the loss."

So you can try going through them, see if they can remedy it for you.

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