15 January 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Matt, Kevin, and Stephen don their student hats once again to talk Dan Ariely, education, and soft colonialism… on the way to Mars!
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Barack Obama, cheating, college, Colonialism, Coursera, Dan Ariely, economics, education, English, essay mills, globalism, government, grading, Honduras, Hong Kong, Kevin, Mars One, Matt, outsourcing, plagiarism, SimCity, Stephen, Steve Jobs, Texas, The Wire, This American Life, Tim Cook, Triangulation
22 July 2009
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Ethics is a tricky subject. For some, it’s subjective; anything goes. For others, it can be quite objective; right and wrong can be determined. Here at Texas Tech, ethics has become a full-blown initiative, though perhaps not as full-blown as some would like. Joining us to shine some light on the subject from the inside […]
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Bernie Madoff, Chicago, copyright, Daily Toreador, diversity, Dr. Nathan, education, ethics, Freakonomics, genocide, intelligence, Kant, Kevin, mathematics, Michigan, moral relativism, movies, normative ethics, pedagogy, plagiarism, politics, Predictably Irrational, SACS, Stephen, Steven Levitt, Texas Tech University, values, zombies
28 September 2008
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Why do bad things happen to good people? Do cheaters ever prosper? And what the heck does it mean to “leverage excellence” anyway? We’re not quite sure, but apparently it has something to do with setting baby deer on fire, Ray Kurzweil, and slurpees. Eminent Texas Tech philosopher, fencer, and all-around good guy Dr. Mark […]
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academia, Aristotle, Buddhism, bureaucracy, business, cheating, Christianity, computers, corruption, cryptography, Dr. Mark Webb, evolution, God, Godwin's Law, good and evil, Isaac Asimov, Judaism, Kevin, Large Hadron Collider, Lee Smolin, Matt, morality, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, plagiarism, problem of evil, Ray Kurzweil, Ron Paul, Rowe's Fawn, science, science fiction, society, Stephen, Texas Tech University, The Singularity, theodicy, Twitter, William Rowe
