Bad Philosophy

For the last century or so, we have had a healthy little obsession with replicating the human ability to reason using machines. We here at BF are happy to announce that these efforts have finally brought us the holy grail of artificial intelligence: robot radio DJs! That’s right, now you can enjoy all your favorite […]

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AI, Artificial Heart, artificial intelligence, brain, Clear Channel, CleverBot, cognitive computing, computers, dinosaurs, Flowers for Algernon, football, fossil fuels, Ghost in the Shell, Google Wave, IBM, immortality, Japan, Jeopardy!, John Stuart Mill, Jonathan Coulton, Kant, Kevin, Kiki, Lawnmower Man, Levar Burton, Machine Girl, Machine Man, Magic School Bus, memristor, Michael Crichton, neurobiology, neurology, neuroscience, Peter F. Hamilton, Power Rangers, radio, Reddit, Richard Hatch, robots, Simon, singularity, soul, Stanford, Stephen, Stephen King, Survivor, UTSA, velociraptor, VR Troopers, Watson

This episode Kiki turns 30 and we’re there to celebrate with friends Katey and Bess, talking “sea plankton,” hurricane preparation, and hardcore anglophilia.

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anglophilia, AppleBee's, art, Bess, Blue's Clues, Bud Light, cloning, copyright, Doctor Who, England, Facebook, fan fiction, Fringe, happy birthday song, hell, history, Hurricane Irene, Katy, Kiki, McDonald's, Misfits, New York, pedophilia, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Snickers, Stephen, strippers, superheroes, Taco Bell, tattoos, The Wire, TV, United Kingdom

The original BF cast returns to celebrate 100 episodes and three years of Bad Philosophy, talking free speech and a whole lot of nostalgia.

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1st Amendment, Alias, AnimeFest, Anonymous, BART, Bay Area Rapid Transit, C-SPAN, censorship, David, free speech, Freebirds, government, J. J. Abrams, Kent State Massacre, Kevin, mathematics, Matt, physics, police, protests, social media, Stephen, Texas Tech University, This Week at Texas Tech, wiretapping

Kevin, Kiki, and Stephen go totally random, rabbit-trailing off wacky phrases in the final double-digit BF.

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Abercrombie & Fitch, Bruce Willis, Cake, Cars, Christina Ricci, Clint Eastwood, Colt Jackson, consciousness, death, Dethklok, Dexter, Disney, education, Foursquare, heaven, Internet regulation, Islam, Jason Statham, Jersey Shore, Jet Li, Kenny vs. Spenny, Kevin, Kiki, Kurt Vonnegut, Las Vegas, Law and Order, Lolita, Lucha Libre, Miss Piggy, Mole Day, Monkey Shines, moving, Nacho Libre, Now And Then, Of Montreal, Owen Wilson, Patrón, Pi Day, porn, random phrase, repo men, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Slaughterhouse 5, Star Trek, steampunk, Stephen, Talking Heads, Tenacious D, Texas Tech University, The Beatles, The Crash Test Dummies, The Enforcer, The Jonas Brothers, The Killers, The Sex Pistols, The Who, The Wire, Tiny Tower, Torchwood, Ty Pennington, vampires, Windham Hill, Woot!, World War II