19 January 2014
By StephenTorrence
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Dr. Mark Webb and Sebastian Bentkowski join Stephen to discuss their varying paths into Buddhism, comparing theory / practice and all the MU! in between.
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Austin Zen Center, Buddha, Buddhism, bullet hell shooters, Catholicism, causation, cedar pollen, Charlie Chaplin, Christianity, Dr. Webb, ecstatic dance, Ender's Game, enlightenment, fencing, Flow, Freud, Islam, Judaism, koans, meditation, memes, PBS Idea Channel, philosophy of religion, postmodernism, poststructuralism, reductionism, reincarnation, Sebastian, Shikantaza, Slavoj Zizek, Snapchat, Springer Press, Stephen, Suzuki Roshi, The Great Dictator, utilitarianism, video games, violence, Wu Wei, Zazen, zen, Zoltan Zabo
13 June 2013
By StephenTorrence
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We could be wrong, but we think you’ll love this episode on fallibilism, featuring Kevin, Stephen, and our least favorite philosopher Dr. Mark Webb.
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business, cartography, Dr. Webb, education, empiricism, epistemology, Eric Ries, fallibilism, FOX News, Graham Priest, Guide to Online Schools, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, John Hawthorne, John Maynard Keynes, Kevin, navigation, Pittsburgh University, poststructuralism, prostitution, religion, skepticism, Spain, Spanish, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stephen, Texas Tech University, The Grammar of Meaning, The Lean Startup, The West Wing, Tim Kreider, Total Recall, uncertainty, William Sellers
02 January 2012
By StephenTorrence
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The Bad Philosophers share their (non-apocalyptic) predictions for 2012 and beyond over some delicious beer.
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17th Precinct, 3D, A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas, Aaron, apocalypse, Apple, Avatar, Avernum: Escape from the Pit, Barack Obama, Battlestar Galactica, Century City, Community, Confucius, cruise, Day-Glo, Dennis Kucinich, Dr. Webb, e-ink, exercise, Facebook, Facebook Timeline, film, Glee, Godspell, Hipstamatic, Hypnotoad, Instagram, Isaac Asimov, J. J. Abrams, Jacie, Jon Stewart, Kaypro, Kevin, lomography, Newsies, Next New Networks, Oink, photography, Pokemon, Polaroid, politics, Reddit, Rifftrax, Robert Heinlein, Ron Moore, Ron Paul, Russian, sci-fi, Simon, Skyrim, Smash, SOPA, Sorkin, Spider Software, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate Universe, Stephen, technology, The Hobbit, The Impossible Project, The Newsroom, The Wire, theatre, Tony Awards, Turkish, TV, United Nations, universal healthcare, Vanity Fair, YouTube
24 April 2011
By StephenTorrence
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At any given moment thousands of people around the world are praying (and since it’s Easter today you can probably tack a few more zeroes onto that estimate). Whether it’s praying for the destruction of sinful local businesses or just a little tsunami from God to show the world He’s still awake at the control […]
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Aperture Science, ASMR, Buddha, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, consequentialism, deontology, Dr. Webb, Eleanor Stump, existentialism, God, harm, incest, Islam, J. Crew, Jeopardy!, Judaism, Kiki, Leisure Suit Larry, mantra, meditation, memes, nature, nurture, personality, philosophy of religion, placebo effect, prayer, problem of petitionary prayer, religion, Repent Amarillo, Richard Dawkins, science, Socrates, Stephen, synesthesia, Texas Tech University, The Daily Show, worship, Zagzebsky
07 November 2009
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
It’s easy to take our perceptions for granted. Colors, shapes, smells, and so forth are for the most part universal. But some people have this kickass condition called synesthesia, where their wires get crossed and their perceptions get… interesting. BF was privileged to get a man who sees letters and numbers as colors on the […]
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alphabet, Aristotle, biochemistry, color, Cyrillic, disabilities, Dr. Webb, drugs, dyslexia, geometry, Google, Greek, Jediah, kanji, Kevin, Office Space, philosophy of mind, Sanskrit, Shawn, Stephen, suicide, Swingline, synesthesia, The Giver, The Man Who Tasted Shapes, theology, wavelength
