Bad Philosophy

It was supposed to be the wave of the future, so what happened? Why aren’t we all living in holodecks already? And where’s my virtual haircut? We’ll try to answer all this and more before the singularity hits, so strap in and have a listen!

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Apple, Cisco Telepresence, Cory Doctorow, Crysis, Dark Forces, Disney, Dolby, Dollhouse, Dungeons and Dragons, eBooks, Facebook, good and evil, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, holodeck, holophonics, home automation, Jediah, Jonathan Coulton, Kevin, Kindle, Matt, Michael Crichton, military, MMORPGs, Neal Stephenson, Nintendo, Ray Kurzweil, Second Life, simulation, singularity, Star Trek, Stephen, technology, theatre, Twitter, video games, Virtual Boy, virtual reality, Wario, Wii, Wikipedia, World of Warcraft, XKCD

Joining us for Kevin’s last live episode was Bryan Mitchell and Numero Uno Fanboy Jed Cummins. We had some audio woes (read: Bryan turned his microphone off) and video stream woes that ruined the opening bit, but through the magic of GarageBand I have made all right with the world. We talked Dollhouse, philosophy of mind, and Swine Flu, leading Kevin to do a classic rant on politics. Relish this episode, everyone, it’s special…

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AIDS, alcohol, anarchocapitalism, anime, autocracy, beer, Bryan, Centers for Disease Control, Congress, consciousness, Cory Doctorow, democracy, Dollhouse, education, Egypt, epidemic, ethics, Family Guy, government, health, Hobbes, human rights, idealism, identity theory, illegal immigration, influenza, Isaac Asimov, Jediah, Jon Stewart, Joss Whedon, Kevin, l33t, Little Brother, Locke, Lubbock, mainstream media, martial law, paranoia, philosophy of mind, political philosophy, pork, rape, rational anarchy, robots, sex, society, South Park, Star Trek, Stephen, swine flu, TASS, Texas Tech University, The Day After Tomorrow, The Happening, The Stand, thermodynamics, This Week in Tech, Three Laws of Robotics, Twitter, UIL, US Constitution, Vietnam, World Health Organization

Yeah, we talked about ponzi schemes on the show… you got us. Kevin returned with an homage to This Week at Texas Tech, his own short-lived but much beloved podcast. We also revamped our intro and streamed the editing process live on Stickam. Miss out on that? Don’t worry, we’ll be making it a thing. For now, sit back and take a bite out of your carbon footprint chocolate bar, it’s BF time!

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Al Gore, alcohol, bears, Bourne, buzzwords, carbon dioxide, carbon offset credits, Catholicism, college, Columbine, Daily Toreador, democracy, Dollhouse, drunk driving, economics, ecoterrorism, education, environmentalism, fear, FERPA, Galaxy Quest, George W Bush, global climate change, global warming, government, green, Green Party, guns, Guy Bailey, homeschooling, indulgences, James Bond, John Kerry, Kevin, Lubbock, marijuana, mathematics, Michael Crichton, movies, Penn and Teller, Phi Beta Kappa, Photoshop, ponzi scheme, private investigation, Quantum of Solace, rape, recycling, regulation, religion, sex, sexual assault, Southwestern University, State of Fear, statistics, Stephen, sustainability, Talkshoe, terrorism, Texas A&M, The Dark Knight, theatre, This Week at Texas Tech, Tim Allen, TOSS, TTU ISD, vending machines, Veronica Mars, Virginia Tech, Wal-Mart

Easter time is here again, and what better way to celebrate than with some ultraviolence, m’droogs? That’s right, this week BF took a dive down the proverbial rabbit hole into the dark dystopian future of Stanley Kubrick’s 1972 masterpiece A Clockwork Orange, examining the moral, psychological, and cinematographical facets of the film. Numero Uno Fanboy and BF Cameraman Jed Cummins joined us for his third episode alongside newcomer Greg “Bob” Briley. Sex, murder, and prison await you! Have a listen…

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2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, Blade Runner, categorical imperative, copyright, Cory Doctorow, crime, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, epistemology, ethics, fantasy, gangs, Greg, IMDB, iPhone, Jediah, Kant, language, Laozi, literature, Malcolm McDowell, Mencius, meta, metaphysics, morality, movie ratings, music, nature, nudity, nurture, pragmatism, prison, rational egoism, science fiction, sex, Someone Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town, South Park, Stanley Kubrick, Star Wars, Stephen, suicide, Taoism, technology, terrorism, Texas Tech University, THX 1138, Unforgiven, utilitarianism, violence, Wikipedia