Bad Philosophy » Rene Descartes 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 065: Whoa… http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/05/25/episode-065-whoa/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/05/25/episode-065-whoa/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 16:02:48 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=201 It should come as no surprise to y’all out there that a great percentage of the world indulges in the wily wonders of psychotropic drugs. Whether it’s that requisite pot of coffee in the morning or just… pot, lots of folks like to take a walk on the wild side of the mind every now and then. In this episode of BF Kevin Saunders, Bryan Mitchell and I explore some of the philosophical and political issues behind psychotropics in a solid B-isode. Oh, and we get TOTALLY BAKED at the end. Really. Listen all the way through. It’s hilarious.

This week’s post-show song pimpage: “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” by William Shatner (seriously, Kirk singing a drug song, it’s awful)

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/05/25/episode-065-whoa/feed/ 0 0:55:18 It should come as no surprise to y’all out there that a great percentage of the world indulges in the wily wonders of psychotropic drugs. Whether it’s that requisite pot of coffee in the morning or just… pot, lots of folks like to [...] Bad Philosophy Episode 065 "Whoa..." Recorded 05-19-2010 It should come as no surprise to y'all out there that a great percentage of the world indulges in the wily wonders of psychotropic drugs. Whether it's that requisite pot of coffee in the morning or just... pot, lots of folks like to take a walk on the wild side of the mind every now and then. In this episode of BF Kevin Saunders, Bryan Mitchell and I explore some of the philosophical and political issues behind psychotropics in a solid B-isode. Oh, and we get TOTALLY BAKED at the end. Really. Listen all the way through. It's hilarious. Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 048: Full of WINtegrity http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/10/22/episode-048-full-of-wintegrity/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/10/22/episode-048-full-of-wintegrity/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:16:21 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=177 We hear a lot of talk these days about “Integrity,” and how it’s all good to have and such. But what does it even mean to have integrity? In this episode BF took a trip to Curzertown (the realm of Texas Tech philosophy professor Dr. Howard Curzer) to find out the answer. Ad-hoc philosopher Michael Hayslip also joined us for another appearance, and sadly we did without the presence of the good Kevin Saunders. Somehow we survived though, and came up with quite the F-isode in the process. Check it out!

This week’s post-show song pimpage: “A Talk With George” by Jonathan Coulton

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/10/22/episode-048-full-of-wintegrity/feed/ 1 0:54:41 We hear a lot of talk these days about “Integrity,” and how it’s all good to have and such. But what does it even mean to have integrity? In this episode BF took a trip to Curzertown (the realm of Texas Tech philosophy professor Dr[...] We hear a lot of talk these days about “Integrity,” and how it’s all good to have and such. But what does it even mean to have integrity? In this episode BF took a trip to Curzertown (the realm of Texas Tech philosophy professor Dr. Howard Curzer) to find out the answer. Ad-hoc philosopher Michael Hayslip also joined us for another appearance, and sadly we did without the presence of the good Kevin Saunders. Somehow we survived though, and came up with quite the F-isode in the process. Check it out! This week’s post-show song pimpage: “A Talk With George” by Jonathan Coulton Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no Episode 012: Close Enough for Brains in Vats http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/11/23/episode-012-close-enough-for-brains-in-vats/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/11/23/episode-012-close-enough-for-brains-in-vats/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:00:50 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=68 Technology is a tricky thing. When it works, it’s wonderful, and when it doesn’t… heads explode. For the most part, BF’s first foray into high-tech recording went swimmingly. We did have a couple of complications, but despite having to crowd around a single AKG condenser microphone, our intrepid panel managed to record one of the best BFs yet. Dr. Webb joined us to tackle Kevin’s simple-yet-deep question: “Is man unnatural?” As you can see by the tag list, said tackling took us on a bit of a wild ride. Less “Bad,” more “Philosophy,” totally BF. Enjoy the show…

Remember you can watch the episode on Stickam. We looked darn spiffy. Really.

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/11/23/episode-012-close-enough-for-brains-in-vats/feed/ 1 0:59:06 Technology is a tricky thing. When it works, it’s wonderful, and when it doesn’t… heads explode. For the most part, BF’s first foray into high-tech recording went swimmingly. We did have a couple of complications, but despite[...] Technology is a tricky thing. When it works, it’s wonderful, and when it doesn’t… heads explode. For the most part, BF’s first foray into high-tech recording went swimmingly. We did have a couple of complications, but despite having to crowd around a single AKG condenser microphone, our intrepid panel managed to record one of the best BFs yet. Dr. Webb joined us to tackle Kevin’s simple-yet-deep question: “Is man unnatural?” As you can see by the tag list, said tackling took us on a bit of a wild ride. Less “Bad,” more “Philosophy,” totally BF. Enjoy the show… Remember you can watch the episode on Stickam. We looked darn spiffy. Really. Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no Episode 011: Half-Hour of “Huh?” http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/11/18/episode-011-half-hour-of-huh/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/11/18/episode-011-half-hour-of-huh/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:50:20 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=64 As Oscar Wilde once said, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go to EPIC FAIL.”

Such was our experience this past Friday, as guest after guest bailed on us and we exhausted our respective phone books and Facebook friend lists trying to procure a replacement. Ultimately, we ended up with Hayslip again, who… y’know… I mean… he’s okay… I guess. It turned into another meta-episode (you love those, right?) as we threw down some thoughts on merch‘, cables, and how to grow this baby into Godzilla. Hint: it involves YOU. So sit back and listen as we give a little back to you, our audience, on this short but sweet edition of BF…

Bad Philosophers: Kevin Saunders, Matt Legler, Stephen Torrence, Michael Haslip

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/11/18/episode-011-half-hour-of-huh/feed/ 0 0:33:51 As Oscar Wilde once said, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go to EPIC FAIL.” Such was our experience this past Friday, as guest after guest bailed on us and we exhausted our respective phone books and Facebook friend lists tryi[...] As Oscar Wilde once said, "The best laid plans of mice and men often come to EPIC FAIL." Such was our experience this past Friday, as guest after guest bailed on us and we exhausted our respective phone books and Facebook friend lists trying to procure a replacement. Ultimately, we ended up with Haslip again, who... y'know... I mean... he's okay... I guess. It turned into another meta-episode (you love those, right?) as we threw down some thoughts on merch', cables, and how to grow this baby into Godzilla. Hint: it involves YOU. So sit back and listen as we give a little back to you, our audience, on this short but sweet edition of BF... Length: 33:51 | Format: MP3 | Date: 11-14-08 Bad Philosophers: Kevin Saunders, Matt Legler, Stephen Torrence, Michael Haslip Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no