Bad Philosophy » virtual reality 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 042b: Plato’s Movie Theater http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/08/27/episode-042b-platos-movie-theater/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/08/27/episode-042b-platos-movie-theater/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:34:16 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=164 Imagine yourself in a movie theater. It is the only place you’ve ever known. The smell of popcorn, the sticky floors, and of course the endless projected movies on the screen are your reality. What would you believe about “the real world” if this was all you knew? Would you even believe there was one if someone told you?

Plato asked questions like this over 2000 years ago in his infamous “Allegory of the Cave” from The Republic. On this historic episode, Kevin Saunders and I read and discuss the dialogue itself… in character (yes, we are that awesome). You can read along with us if you’d like (trust us, the wording can get pretty thick).

On a side note, we’re also ONE YEAR OLD as of a few days ago! Please wish us a happy birthday if you’d like, and then go listen to Episode Zero while shedding a nostalgic tear.

Stickam version below of course:

This week’s post-show song pimpage: “Bruce’s Philosophers’ Song” by Monty Python

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/08/27/episode-042b-platos-movie-theater/feed/ 0 0:47:20 Imagine yourself in a movie theater. It is the only place you’ve ever known. The smell of popcorn, the sticky floors, and of course the endless projected movies on the screen are your reality. What would you believe about “the real world[...] Bad Philosophy Episode 042b "Plato's Movie Theater" Recorded 08-15-09 Imagine yourself in a movie theater. It is the only place you've ever known. The smell of popcorn, the sticky floors, and of course the endless projected movies on the screen are your reality. What would you believe about "the real world" if this was all you knew? Would you even believe there was one if someone told you? Plato asked questions like this over 2000 years ago in his infamous "Allegory of the Cave" from The Republic. On this historic episode, Kevin Saunders and I read and discuss the dialogue itself... in character (yes, we are that awesome). You can read along with us if you'd like (trust us, the wording can get pretty thick). On a side note, we're also ONE YEAR OLD as of a few days ago! Please wish us a happy birthday if you'd like, and then go listen to Episode Zero while shedding a nostalgic tear. 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 016: Ecomikindle http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/12/18/episode-016-ecomikindle/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/12/18/episode-016-ecomikindle/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:36:18 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=76 One may be the loneliest number that you’ll ever do, but two is certainly NOT as bad as one when it’s Bad Philosophy. Kevin and I convened over Skype this week in leu of any other panelists. We actually got the audio working half-decently (can you believe it?!) and had a great back-and-forth about a wide variety of topics. So sit back, kindle your excitement, strap on your golden parachute, and shove those old VHS bootlegs of Oh, Killmas Tree under your desk – it’s time for some BF!

We’re also now on Podcast Alley {pca-758bd8544b03dfdc84be8678b7a726d7}

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2008/12/18/episode-016-ecomikindle/feed/ 0 1:00:53 One may be the loneliest number that you'll ever do, but two is certainly NOT as bad as one when it's Bad Philosophy. Kevin and I convened over Skype this week in leu of any other panelists. We actually got the audio working half-decently (can you b[...] One may be the loneliest number that you'll ever do, but two is certainly NOT as bad as one when it's Bad Philosophy. Kevin and I convened over Skype this week in leu of any other panelists. We actually got the audio working half-decently (can you believe it?!) and had a great back-and-forth about a wide variety of topics. So sit back, kindle your excitement, strap on your golden parachute, and shove those old VHS bootlegs of Oh, Killmas Tree under your desk - it's time for some BF! Format: MP3 | Duration: 1:00:53 | Record Date: 12-17-08 Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no