17 September 2008
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
After a rather significant rain delay, the wild of musings of the Bad Philosophers are back. With the healthy addition of founding member Eric Beutlich, we went on a rockin’ roller coaster ride that kicked off with some pondering about free will, meandered around to the homogenization of modern society, and even weathered an unfortunate appearance of Godwin’s Law before dropping precipitously into the depths of the problem of evil and narrowly skirting decapitation. By the end of the ride… well… let’s just say the roller coaster operators had a few “protein spills” to clean up. Enjoy…
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I did some meddling with the intro sequence on this one. Also, be sure to listen all the way to end. As you may have discovered already, there will be a different audible morsel following each episode. Collect them all and you might win a pat on the back from a horny penguin!
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anarchy, apathy, Aristotle, capitalism, causality, determinism, economics, education, epistemology, Eric, free will, God, Godwin's Law, government, Kevin, Large Hadron Collider, Matt, philosophy of religion, politics, privacy, problem of evil, psychology, quantum mechanics, sarcastic, science, society, Stephen, X-prize
10 September 2008
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Unbeknownst to our listeners, we intrepid Bad Philosophers have taken a sudden interest in the mating habits of sphenisciformes. Gone are the days of Descartes and neuroscience. Henceforth, we shall devote all our time and energy to covering in laborious detail the intricacies of hot, feathery, penguin sex.
In all seriousness though, we actually just butchered the title of Kevin’s latest article on the futility of opinions into a rather eye-catching title. This week he joined us for a techno-heavy foray into Google, their controversial new Chrome browser, and big company control versus the good of society. Still more tantalized by the prospect of penguin’s getting it on? Well, have we ever got a treat for you.
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bump keys, computers, copyright, David, DRM, Google, humorous, Kevin, Matt, music, RIAA, sarcastic, Stephen, stock market, technology
04 September 2008
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Beyond all odds, lightning has struck twice, and the first “official” episode BF is here. Matt, David, and Stephen discuss Stephen’s article in the campus newspaper, spawning a deep, meandering, extravagantly philosophical discussion on neuropsychology, artificial intelligence, and the possibility of a robot future. Join us for a journey deep into the mind, if you dare…
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aliens, artificial intelligence, computers, David, Matt, Michael Crichton, neuroscience, perception, philosophy of mind, Podcast, Stephen, western philosophy
20 August 2008
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Every once in a blue moon, the stars align, the burritos are just *that* good, and the right people come together in just the right mindset to make magic happen. Such was it this past Monday, when the Bad Philosophers spewed forth our “first” bit of genius upon a darkening Earth. In layman’s terms: Episode Zero is here. Click “Continue Reading” for show notes and guest list.
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08 August 2008
By StephenTorrence
In Construction
Finally the home base of the Bad Philosophers is taking shape. I have settled on a slightly modified version of FRESH01’s “Scruffy” theme and I am fuddling my way through CSS and PHP to do said modifications. As you can see, some rather flabbergasted philosophers (René Descartes and John Locke, to be exact) have landed on the header image to make their opinions of our philosophy known. I thank them kindly and look forward to many more such appearances in the future.
The website is now ready for us once we make the first episode (yay!) when the gang reconvenes at Texas Tech in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, I have an order of 1/8″ stereo extension cables coming in and am still racking my brain on how to mount shotgun microphones on a desk. Styrofoam and duct tape maybe?
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