Bad Philosophy » perception 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 112: Titles Don’t Really Matter http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2012/01/17/episode-112-titles-dont-really-matter/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2012/01/17/episode-112-titles-dont-really-matter/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:52:07 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=304 In fact, nothing does. Screw life. Screw death! Screw anyone and everyone you’ve ever cared about, including your precious self.

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It’s hard not to come away from the movie Synecdoche: New York without similar feelings (or simply a lack of feeling whatsoever). Recently Kevin and I delved into this systematic deconstruction of reality, life, death, itself, people, relationships, identity, and well… pretty much everything. We spent a mere hour trying to make sense of it, which felt entirely inadequate and is, apparently, far less than some others have. If you haven’t seen the film, this episode will make far less sense than it already does even if you have. Listen, if you dare, as I try feebly to grasp any semblance of understanding about it, and Kevin unrelentingly questions whether such a grasp is even possible. F************K…

This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “Dream is Collapsing” from Inception by Hans Zimmer

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2012/01/17/episode-112-titles-dont-really-matter/feed/ 0 1:04:36 Synecdoche: New York punches Stephen and Kevin in the brain, sending them into passionate elucidations on this strange and wonderful world Bad Philosophy Episode 112 "Titles Don't Really Matter" Recorded 01-13-2012 Bad Philosophers: Kevin Saunders, Stephen Torrence In fact, nothing does. Screw life. Screw death! Screw anyone and everyone you've ever cared about, including your precious self. ... It's hard not to come away from the movie Synecdoche: New York without similar feelings (or simply a lack of feeling whatsoever). Recently Kevin and I delved into this systematic deconstruction of reality, life, death, itself, people, relationships, identity, and well... pretty much everything. We spent a mere hour trying to make sense of it, which felt entirely inadequate and is, apparently, far less than some others have. If you haven't seen the film, this episode will make far less sense than it already does even if you have. Listen, if you dare, as I try feebly to grasp any semblance of understanding about it, and Kevin unrelentingly questions whether such a grasp is even possible. F************K... This Week's Post-show Song Pimpage: "Dream is Collapsing" from Inception by Hans Zimmer Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 069: Insert Sexual Innuendo Here http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/07/30/episode-069-insert-sexual-innuendo-here/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/07/30/episode-069-insert-sexual-innuendo-here/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:34:38 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=210 Recently the wild and brilliant imagination of Christopher Nolan brought forth a true gem of a movie, Inception. It’s been making good money and getting rave reviews all around, and for good reason. It’s a heady and philosophical and hence right up our rabbit trail. This time Kevin Saunders and Kiki Canon joined me to discuss the film, reality, dreams, and the finer points of top physics. Have a listen to this F-isode for the ages! Oh, and insert some sexual innuendo here. Seriously.

This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “Dream Police” by Cheap Trick

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/07/30/episode-069-insert-sexual-innuendo-here/feed/ 0 0:58:17 Recently the wild and brilliant imagination of Christopher Nolan brought forth a true gem of a movie, Inception. It’s been making good money and getting rave reviews all around, and for good reason. It’s a heady and philosophical and hen[...] Recently the wild and brilliant imagination of Christopher Nolan brought forth a true gem of a movie, Inception. It’s been making good money and getting rave reviews all around, and for good reason. It’s a heady and philosophical and hence right up our rabbit trail. This time Kevin Saunders and Kiki Canon joined me to discuss the film, reality, dreams, and the finer points of top physics. Have a listen to this F-isode for the ages! Oh, and insert some sexual innuendo here. Seriously. This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “Dream Police” by Cheap Trick Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 013: Big in Scandinavia http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/12/03/episode-013-big-in-scandinavia/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/12/03/episode-013-big-in-scandinavia/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:30:32 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=70 Hälsningarna, Nordisk solfjäder av Dålig Filosofi! Du er göra sval.

And I hope you Scandinavian cats can understand poorly-translated Swedish as well as the English we love so dearly here on the show. Honestly though, unlike our beloved brethren to the north, we aren’t actually devoting a whole episode to you this week. Instead, we convened over Skype to discuss the American shopping ritual known as Black Friday, as well as a healthy dose of memetics, duckrolling, and other such jazz. We apologize for the audio quality (I mean… it is Skype after all), but we did manage to give you the treat of hearing our voices in stereo for the first time ever. We promise to get back on civilized audio hardware for the next episode. Grin and bear with us; we actually had some good stuff to say…

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/12/03/episode-013-big-in-scandinavia/feed/ 0 0:52:55 This week we convened over Skype to discuss the American shopping ritual known as Black Friday, as well as a healthy dose of memetics and other such jazz. We apologize for the audio quality (I mean... it is Skype after all), but we did manage to giv[...] This week we convened over Skype to discuss the American shopping ritual known as Black Friday, as well as a healthy dose of memetics and other such jazz. We apologize for the audio quality (I mean... it is Skype after all), but we did manage to give you the treat of hearing our voices in stereo for the first time ever. We promise to get back on civilized audio hardware for the next episode. Grin and bear with us, we actually had some good stuff to say... Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no Episode 001: Hello EveryWelcome http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/09/04/episode-001-hello-everywelcome/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/09/04/episode-001-hello-everywelcome/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:32:00 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=44 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…

We are also now officially on iTunes. Click “Subscribe” and enjoy all the philosophical goodness fed automatically to your computer via RSS. You can also manually subscribe by copying the following address into your podcast client of choice:

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Duration: 60:18 | Format: MP3 | Rating: Clean

Bad Philosophers: Stephen Torrence, David Ronderos, Matt Legler

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/09/04/episode-001-hello-everywelcome/feed/ 1 1:00:18 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 discussi[...] 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… We are also now officially on iTunes. Click “Subscribe” and enjoy all the philosophical goodness fed automatically to your computer via RSS. You can also manually subscribe by copying the following address into your podcast client of choice: http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?feed=podcast Duration: 60:18 | Format: MP3 | Rating: Clean Bad Philosophers: Stephen Torrence, David Ronderos, Matt Legler Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no Episode Zero: MyJority Rules http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/08/20/episode-zero-myjority-rules/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/08/20/episode-zero-myjority-rules/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:52:09 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=29 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.

Duration: 42:37 | Format: MP3 | Rating: Clean

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Guest List: Kevin “Jeff Mckinzie” Saunders, Stephen “Just the Captain” Torrence, David “Captain and Tennille” Ronderos, Matt “John C. Dvorak” Legler, a few random strangers

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/08/20/episode-zero-myjority-rules/feed/ 3 0:42:37 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[...] 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. Duration: 42:37 | Format: MP3 | Rating: Clean Web Pick: Spreeder – Free Flash-based speed reading application | http://www.spreeder.com/ Guest List: Kevin “Jeff Mckinzie” Saunders, Stephen “Just the Captain” Torrence, David “Captain and Tennille” Ronderos, Matt “John C. Dvorak” Legler, a few random strangers Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no