Bad Philosophy » Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog Ever just sat around and wondered Why? So have we. Bad Philosophy is your one-stop fix for random philosophical musings about pretty much anything. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:12:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 CreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ captainvalor@gmail.com (The Bad Philosophers) captainvalor@gmail.com (The Bad Philosophers) Philosophy 1440 http://www.badphilosophy.com/podcast/BF_Logo_144x144_Color.jpg Bad Philosophy http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog 144 144 Upsetting the balance of reality, one rabbit trail at a time Ever just sat around and wondered Why? So have we. Bad Philosophy is your one-stop fix for random musings about everything from the nature of reality to the essence of modern digital society. Every week Stephen Torrence and Kevin Saunders invite guests from greater Texas Tech to chew the cud and make some magic. The more rabbit trails the better... philosophy, random, humor, college, politics, life The Bad Philosophers The Bad Philosophers captainvalor@gmail.com no clean Episode 074: Trabbit Rails http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/09/28/episode-074-trabbit-rails/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/09/28/episode-074-trabbit-rails/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:44:25 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=223 Aaaaaand, we’re back! For those of y’all who were keeping track, our 2-year anniversary was last month. That means BF has been around for… well… yeah, you can do the math. ANYWHO. Kevin and Kiki joined me to discuss brain damage, Neal Stephenson’s writing experiment, and a little ol’ movie about Facebook. No news stories this time, just a good old-fashioned F-isode. Enjoy!

This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “Creep” Cover by the Scala and Kolacny Brothers

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/09/28/episode-074-trabbit-rails/feed/ 0 0:58:56 Aaaaaand, we’re back! For those of y’all who were keeping track, our 2-year anniversary was last month. That means BF has been around for… well… yeah, you can do the math. ANYWHO. Kevin and Kiki joined me to discuss brain dam[...] Aaaaaand, we’re back! For those of y’all who were keeping track, our 2-year anniversary was last month. That means BF has been around for… well… yeah, you can do the math. ANYWHO. Kevin and Kiki joined me to discuss brain damage, Neal Stephenson’s writing experiment, and a little ol’ movie about Facebook. No news stories this time, just a good old-fashioned F-isode. Enjoy! This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “Creep” Cover by the Scala and Kolacny Brothers Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 057: Philocalypse How? http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/01/28/episode-057-philocalypse-how/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/01/28/episode-057-philocalypse-how/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:43:02 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=189 Quick! There’s an asteroid barreling toward your corner of the earth and you have no chance of escape. The world as you know it ends in 4 hours. What do you do?! Listen to the latest BF, that’s what! On this show we tackled that ever-present subject of the apocalypse. Kevin Saunders joined me alongside the recently crippled Jediah Cummins. We also had our FIRST EVER “caller” on BF, the lovely and entertaining vlogger Margaret Kammer. So sit down, relax, and enjoy your pending doom the BF way!

This week’s post-show song pimpage: “It’s the End of the World As We Know It” by R.E.M.

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/01/28/episode-057-philocalypse-how/feed/ 5 0:54:10 Quick! There’s an asteroid barreling toward your corner of the earth and you have no chance of escape. The world as you know it ends in 4 hours. What do you do?! Listen to the latest BF, that’s what! On this show we tackled that ever-pre[...] Bad Philosophy Episode 057 "Philocalypse How? Recorded 01-24-10 Quick! There's an asteroid barreling toward your corner of the earth and you have no chance of escape. The world as you know it ends in 4 hours. What do you do?! Listen to the latest BF, that's what! On this show we tackled that ever-present subject of the apocalypse. Kevin Saunders joined me alongside the recently crippled Jediah Cummins. We also had our FIRST EVER "caller" on BF, the lovely and entertaining vlogger Margaret Kammer. So sit down, relax, and enjoy your pending doom the BF way! Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 052: A Fictional Pair of Ducks http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/11/28/episode-052-a-fictional-pair-of-ducks/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/11/28/episode-052-a-fictional-pair-of-ducks/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:11:29 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=182 Have you ever been sitting in a horror movie and right after that moment when the bad guy leaps out and you spring about four inches off your seat, turned to yourself and gone “Why did I do that? I know this isn’t real.” If so, then you’ve most definitely experienced the Paradox of Fiction. The Texas Tech Philosophy Department‘s own visiting professor Dr. Darren Hick recently joined us on BF to discuss this crazy conundrum in the world of aesthetics. The indomitable Kevin Saunders also dropped by to pitch in his two cents on the subject. So please, suspend your disbelief, go irrational, and remember that Batman is most certainly not Clark Kent as you enjoy this episode of BF…

This week’s post-show song pimpage: “My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors” by Moxy Fruvous

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/11/28/episode-052-a-fictional-pair-of-ducks/feed/ 5 0:59:12 Have you ever been sitting in a horror movie and right after that moment when the bad guy leaps out and you spring about four inches off your seat, turned to yourself and gone “Why did I do that? I know this isn’t real.” If so, the[...] Have you ever been sitting in a horror movie and right after that moment when the bad guy leaps out and you spring about four inches off your seat, turned to yourself and gone “Why did I do that? I know this isn’t real.” If so, then you’ve most definitely experienced the Paradox of Fiction. The Texas Tech Philosophy Department‘s own visiting professor Dr. Darren Hick recently joined us on BF to discuss this crazy conundrum in the world of aesthetics. The indomitable Kevin Saunders also dropped by to pitch in his two cents on the subject. So please, suspend your disbelief, go irrational, and remember that Batman is most certainly not Clark Kent as you enjoy this episode of BF… This week’s post-show song pimpage: “My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors” by Moxy Fruvous Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no Episode 035: Intellectual Hedonism http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/06/13/episode-035-intellectual-hedonism/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/06/13/episode-035-intellectual-hedonism/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:53:47 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=152 Why are we here? What’s this all about? What is my purpose? What is yours? Is there even one at all? These are easy questions to ask, but answering them is a whole different story. Wolfram Alpha has one idea. We’ve got some others. Composing my party in an epic aural quest for the meaning of life, the universe, and everything this week were BF newcomer, veteran philosophy major, and budding teleologist Joshua Clemmons, Numero Uno Fanboy Jed Cummins, and electricity-less Kevin Saunders via Skype. This one’s deep folks. We’re talking Edward Norton in Fight Club deep. Have a listen…

This week’s post-show song pimpage: “Purpose” from Avenue Q. Puppets with life lessons? Yes, please!

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/06/13/episode-035-intellectual-hedonism/feed/ 4 0:57:18 Why are we here? What's this all about? What is my purpose? What is yours? Is there even one at all? These are easy questions to ask, but answering them is a whole different story. Wolfram Alpha has one idea. We've got some others. Bad Philosophy Episode 035 "Intellectual Hedonism" Why are we here? What's this all about? What is my purpose? What is yours? Is there even one at all? These are easy questions to ask, but answering them is a whole different story. Wolfram Alpha has one idea. We've got some others. MP3 | 57:18 | Recoded 06-11-09 Bad Philosophers: Stephen Torrence Kevin Saunders Jediah Cummins Joshua Clemmons Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 032: We Love the Future http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/05/25/episode-032-we-love-the-future/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/05/25/episode-032-we-love-the-future/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 18:16:02 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=147 After a long and completely unnecessary haitus, BF is back. And we’re going back, WAY back to a simpler time, a more optimistic time, to the days of the Virtual Boy and its ilk. That’s right, Kevin, pre-Facebook Jed, Matt and I are talking virtual reality, ladies and gentlemen! 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!

This week’s postshow audio pimpage: “The Future Soon” by Jonathan Coulton

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/05/25/episode-032-we-love-the-future/feed/ 0 0:52:15 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! 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! Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no Episode 025: Squidalien http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/03/17/episode-025-squidalien/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/03/17/episode-025-squidalien/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:58:18 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=105 Fear not, good mortals! Bad Philosophy is not gone. There’s just, y’know, this thing called “college.” Maybe you’ve heard of it? Well, in any case, it tends to take priority over this show (at least for now), and that’s why this episode has taken so long to come out. You’ve probably all seen Watchmen by now, but in any case we’ve got our own take on the movie after seeing it at a drive-in theater (yes, you read that right). Satisfying your grit quota since 2008, it’s time for some BF…

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/03/17/episode-025-squidalien/feed/ 1 0:54:06 Fear not, good mortals! Bad Philosophy is not gone. There’s just, y’know, this thing called “college.” Maybe you’ve heard of it? Well, in any case, it tends to take priority over this show (at least for now), and that[...] Fear not, good mortals! Bad Philosophy is not gone. There’s just, y’know, this thing called “college.” Maybe you’ve heard of it? Well, in any case, it tends to take priority over this show (at least for now), and that’s why this episode has taken so long to come out. You’ve probably all seen Watchmen by now, but in any case we’ve got our own take on the movie after seeing it at a drive-in theater (yes, you read that right). Satisfying your grit quota since 2008, it’s time for some BF… Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no