Bad Philosophy

Have you ever noticed how fast food that you buy never looks like the pictures? Oh, or gotten super frustrated when you plug in a USB port backwards? Have you ever just wished that everyone followed a simple set of rules for living? Now… have you ever thought about writing hyper-rational, detailed rants on these issues […]

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Aaron Sorkin, alphaila, Amazon, Android, Arrested Development, Bob Ross, books, Captain Vimes, Dario D, design, Discworld, Dustin Hoffman, E2, Ed Helms, engineering, falliblism, fast food, Fathead, induction, Ira Glass, Kevin, Kindle Fire, Luck, Max Headroom, Michael Moore, modernism, Newsroom, paper, paternalism, poetry, post-modernism, Sicko, Simon, Slings and Arrows, society, statistics, Stephen, Super Size Me, technology, TED Talks, The West Wing, The Wire, Tom Naughton, truth, TV, USB, Who Killed the Electric Car

Synecdoche: New York punches Stephen and Kevin in the brain, sending them into passionate elucidations on this strange and wonderful world

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The Bad Philosophers share their (non-apocalyptic) predictions for 2012 and beyond over some delicious beer.

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One of BF’s largest panels ever dives into the moral choices in contemporary video games like The Old Republic and Skyrim.

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