

Philosophers In Space
Aaron Rabinowitz and Callie Wright
Welcome to Philosophers In Space, where the intrepid trekker captain Callie Wright and their questionable Chief Ethics Officer Aaron Rabinowitz explore the weird, gooey world of sci-fi, searching for tantalizing hypotheticals and gear-stripping questions in a space odyssey of meaning and amusement.
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Sep 22, 2021 • 59min
0G159: The Empty Man and Tulpas
There is no podcast. Even if there is a podcast, nothing can be known about it. Even if something can be known about the podcast, that knowledge could never be conveyed in show notes. Content: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5867314/ Tulpa Paper: https://online.ucpress.edu/nr/article-abstract/19/1/87/70982/Tracking-the-TulpaExploring-the-Tibetan-Origins-of?redirectedFrom=fulltext How to make a Tulpa: https://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Tulpa My Little Pony Tulpas: https://www.vice.com/en/article/exmqzz/tulpamancy-internet-subculture-892 Referenced memo: https://twitter.com/trekdocs/status/753986378795450368 Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron was on Decoding the Gurus talking about the conspiracy theorist Michael O'Fallon and how he's influencing the anti-woke movement through James Lindsay. https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/michael-ofallon-the-jacobins-are-back-to-reset-everything-dun-dun-daah Content Preview: Three Body Problem and Communist Environmentalism pt.1

Sep 15, 2021 • 58min
0G158: Darmok and Archetypal Communication
Thomas, his disbelief unsuspended, Aaron with the generous reading in hand. Darmok, using Archetypal psychology for communication. In winter. Content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmok Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron was on Decoding the Gurus talking about the conspiracy theorist Michael O'Fallon and how he's influencing the anti-woke movement through James Lindsay. https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/michael-ofallon-the-jacobins-are-back-to-reset-everything-dun-dun-daah Content Preview: The Empty Man and Tulpa Theosophy

Sep 8, 2021 • 54min
0G157: Loki and Multiverse Authoritarianism
We're just a couple of podcast variants, hanging out in this armageddon of a timeline to avoid getting pruned by some time fash. While we're hiding out, might as well discuss Loki and why multiverse authoritarianism is perhaps bad and also not really feasible. Content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki_(TV_series) Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron was on Decoding the Gurus talking about the conspiracy theorist Michael O'Fallon and how he's influencing the anti-woke movement through James Lindsay. https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/michael-ofallon-the-jacobins-are-back-to-reset-everything-dun-dun-daah Content Preview: Darmok and Memetic Linguistics

Sep 1, 2021 • 54min
0G156: All Systems Red and Nonconforming Identities
Time to bang out another show notes so I can get back to my stories. I mean, it's a unique joy every time and I definitely haven't slipped my patreon governing module. We're covering book one of the Murderbots series, All Systems Red, and discussing anti-cyborg bigotry and what it tells us about a range of non-conforming identities and refusals to identify. Content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Systems_Red Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron was on Decoding the Gurus talking about the conspiracy theorist Michael O'Fallon and how he's influencing the anti-woke movement through James Lindsay. https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/michael-ofallon-the-jacobins-are-back-to-reset-everything-dun-dun-daah Content Preview: Loki and Multiverse Authoritarianism

Aug 18, 2021 • 58min
0G155: Never Ricking Morty and Metamedia
So what level of meta do I write these show notes at? Reference past meta episode show notes? Deconstruct the very idea of show notes? Feel guilty that this meta meta meta level is a bit meh? Try to push on through to the next level of meta in the hopes it gets funny again? Just always gonna be chasing that meta dragon. We're covering Rick and Morty 4.6 Never Ricking Morty and trying to meta analyze the episode and what it means for the show and for us and just everything really. Content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Ricking_Morty Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron was on Decoding the Gurus talking about the conspiracy theorist Michael O'Fallon and how he's influencing the anti-woke movement through James Lindsay. https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/michael-ofallon-the-jacobins-are-back-to-reset-everything-dun-dun-daah Content Preview: Q and A time!

Aug 4, 2021 • 59min
0G154: Ready Player One and Value Capture
[Reference] verb [reference]. [Reference] [Reference] [Reference] flip kick [Reference]. This week we cover the movie Ready Player One and several topics related to value, including intrinsic vs. extrinsic value, value capture and gamification, and the instrumentalizing of memetics Content: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1677720/ Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron was on Decoding the Gurus talking about the conspiracy theorist Michael O'Fallon and how he's influencing the anti-woke movement through James Lindsay. https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/michael-ofallon-the-jacobins-are-back-to-reset-everything-dun-dun-daah Content Preview: Rick and Morty ep. 4.6 and memetic loops

Jul 28, 2021 • 1h 12min
Listener Qs 24
Survived another crossing of the streams. Back into the multiverse we go! Keep chanting and we'll see you again. Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron was on Decoding the Gurus talking about the conspiracy theorist Michael O'Fallon and how he's influencing the anti-woke movement through James Lindsay. https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/michael-ofallon-the-jacobins-are-back-to-reset-everything-dun-dun-daah Content Preview: Ready Player One and Value Capture

Jul 21, 2021 • 58min
Listener Qs 23
Thanks so much for keeping the oxygen on! Hope you enjoy the banter. Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron was on Decoding the Gurus talking about the conspiracy theorist Michael O'Fallon and how he's influencing the anti-woke movement through James Lindsay. https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/michael-ofallon-the-jacobins-are-back-to-reset-everything-dun-dun-daah Content Preview: Listener Qs 24

Jul 14, 2021 • 57min
0G153: WandaVision and the Grief of Theseus
What if our real selves are the suffering we had along the way? What if personhood is just suffering persisting? We cover the existentially quirky WandaVision and the theme that persons are built out loss and grief. Content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WandaVision Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron was on Decoding the Gurus talking about the conspiracy theorist Michael O'Fallon and how he's influencing the anti-woke movement through James Lindsay. https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/michael-ofallon-the-jacobins-are-back-to-reset-everything-dun-dun-daah Content Preview: Ready Player One and Intrinsic vs. Instrumental Value

Jul 7, 2021 • 54min
0G152: The Sneetches and Ingroup/Outgroup Behavior
If you got up your hopes for some Dr. Seuss notes, let me stop you right there that's a whole lot of nopes. I can't do meter and I can't do rhymes, and there's no reason this will be unlike other times. We'll talk about race and putting stars every place, but if you're looking for insights there won't be a trace. Content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZYRR6vCUcY Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron was on Decoding the Gurus talking about the conspiracy theorist Michael O'Fallon and how he's influencing the anti-woke movement through James Lindsay. https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/michael-ofallon-the-jacobins-are-back-to-reset-everything-dun-dun-daah Content Preview: WandaVision and the Grief of Theseus


