Bad Philosophy

New guest Bryson Rushing joins Kevin, Stephen, and John Elliott to debate the nature of science, the Higgs Boson, and avian progressive rock bands.

Ep124: Finches on a Guitar [ 1:10:23 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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ATLAS, beer, Big Bang, black holes, Brick, Bryson, Buddha, causation, CERN, CMS, correlation, DARPA, Eagle Scout, Einstein, faith, geocentrism, heliocentrism, Higgs Boson, idealism, Inception, induction, internal consistency, John Elliott, Kevin, Large Hadron Collider, LHC, Looper, NeXT, Pascal's Wager, physics, post-structuralism, probability, religion, Russell's Teapot, science, scientific method, Standard Model, statistics, Stephen, structuralism, Texas Tech University, The Internet, The Matrix, Tim Berners-Lee, Tycho Brahe, World Wide Web

Stephen returns to Texas Tech to analyze hipsters and counter-culture with Shawn, Matt, and Bryan.

Ep107: Killer Hipstinct [ 1:07:56 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Amazon, Amazon Prime, Angry Birds, AOL, Apple, Arcade Fire, babies, Bryan M, Canada, Carl Young, Cars, Chipotle, counter-culture, Digital Media Studio, Dreamwidth, emo, Facebook, Ford, Foursquare, Freebirds, Google, HEB, hipsters, iPhone, iPod, iRiver H10, Kent Hance, Kia, King Supers, Kroger, Last.fm, LinkedIn, LiveJournal, maple syrup, Matt, memes, meta, Microsoft, music, pancakes, Predictably Irrational, retro, Risk, Sanyo, Saturn, sex, Shawn, Stephen, Texas Tech University, The Atlantic, The Decemberists, The Internet, Twitter, Wal-Mart, Whole Foods, Windows, Zune

Do you like money? Sure! Have you ever asked yourself why money is valuable? Maybe. Perhaps you’ve even asked yourself how you could make money better. Well, a few years ago a guy named Satoshi Nakamoto did that and more. He invented Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer digital currency that’s taking the Interwebs by storm. Here to [...]

Ep088 Some People Talking About Bitcoin [ 58:18 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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500 Days of Summer, alchemy, Amanda Seyfried, Android, Bitcoin, Blue Moon, Buffy Summers, Cryptonomicon, currency, cyberpunk, Darrell Duane, digital currency, Discovery Channel, Dwalla, eCache, eCash, economics, fan fiction, Federal Reserve, Gavin Andresen, Glenn Beck, gold, inflation, Jean-Luc Picard, Joseph Gorden-Levitt, Kevin, Kiki, Liberty Reserve, mining, money, Neal Stephenson, Omega Tau, p2p, Pat Robertson, PayPal, Planet Money, Ron Paul, Security Now, sex, slash fiction, Slashdot, Square, Stephen, The Internet, value, Venmo

As we approach Halloween and the cool weather starts to move in, the Bad Philosophers reconvene for yet another intellectual foray into this excitingly dynamic world. Recently Kevin had a chance to see His Holiness, the Dalai Lama in person. We discussed his newfound insights into the human condition, religion, and crowd control, as well as [...]

Ep076 Dalai Lama For Realz [ 1:07:21 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Android, atheism, Bill Nye, Buddhism, Catholicism, China, Christianity, Daily Toreador, Dalai Llama, ethics, evolution, Facebook, Facebook Groups, Flying Spaghetti Monster, FOX News, Glenn Beck, Golden Rule, Google Car, Google Wave, healthcare, Jon Stewart, Kevin, Kiki, MacBook Air, mainstream media, Mandala, Miami Student, Miami University, Michael Moore, MythBusters, National Science Fair, politics, porn, regulation, religion, Scott Adams, South Park, Stephen, The Internet, Tibet, Total Recall