Philosophers In Space

Oh Brave New Podcast, that has such accessible philosophies in it! Solid Animated Synopsis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raqVySPrDUE Hilariously bad live action version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek5vse2_Aq0 There are more things in Heaven and Earth Horatio than are dreamed of in your Utilitarianism. Whether tis nobler to be a pig satisfied or a Socrates dissatisfied. Aye, there's the rub! Primary reading: https://www.utilitarianism.com/mill2.htm If these philosophers have offended, message us here and all is mended, else the Rabi a liar called: 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 Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: None this week. Contact us to come on your show. We promise not to Borg you...much...

Podcast Delivery Contents: 1 mediocre Philip K. Dick adaptation by Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Philip-K-Dicks-Electric-Dreams/dp/B075NTXMN9 1 Brilliant Philip K. Dick short story that you need to read: https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1955-11/Galaxy_1955_11#page/n71/mode/2up 2 Philosophical readings on the risks of AI: https://nickbostrom.com/ethics/ai.html https://hackernoon.com/the-parable-of-the-paperclip-maximizer-3ed4cccc669a 1 Mind blowing youtube video on self-replication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-96C4ExhWM If any of the contents of this podcast leave you pizzled, please contact us through the following automated systems: 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 Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Check out Aaron co-hosting on This Week In News with Kevin and Benedict. Contact us to come on your show. We promise not to Borg you...much...

This week we're spinning up our stacks for some endless psychological torture. That's right, it's episode one of Altered Carbon and the Mind/Body problem. Weekly reading: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism/ 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 Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: None this week. Contact us to come on your show. We promise not to Borg you...much...

Incoming Alien Language Translation: (Event-Podcast-Source Material-Arrival Film) (Idea-Topic-Sapir/Whorf-Language-Experience) (After Dark-Free Will-Sexy Timelessness) End of Translation. (This would have been much easier if Thomas would have just let me teach y'all Heptapod B) Weekly reading: http://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/whorf.scienceandlinguistics.pdf Supplemental readings: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/does-century-old-linguistic-hypothesis-center-film-arrival-have-any-merit-180961284/ http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/11/22/a_linguist_on_arrival_s_alien_language.html Original short story: http://discours.philol.msu.ru/attachments/article/264/Chiang_Story%20of%20Your%20Life.pdf 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 Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Check out Thomas and Aaron on this weeks Bi Any Means podcast, and check out Aaron on this weeks Reasonable Risk podcast.

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Imagine a premise so implausible, it makes you question the very nature of personhood. Now imagine a thought experiment so implausible, it makes you question your own mind. The Twilight Zone ep1.7 The Lonely and the Chinese Room, they go together like Rob'ts and consciousness. Weekly reading: cogprints.org/7150/1/10.1.1.83.5248.pdf Weekly video: https://vimeo.com/141205172 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 Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

Philosopher's log, showdate 02272018. We've encountered Season 2, Episode 9 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and are currently studying it for clues to the nature of artificial personhood. Attempts to address the subject have failed, so we've turned to a thought experiment from 20th century earth; the Turing Test. Weekly reading: https://www.csee.umbc.edu/courses/471/papers/turing.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus Weekly video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39EdqUbj92U Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/0gPhilosophy/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Guest Appearances: Catch Aaron and Thomas on this weeks God Awful Movies.

Good news, everyone! On this weeks episode we're diving into Futurama and into Fry himself. We're breaking down ep3.4 Parasites Lost and discussing the classic philosophical problem, the Ship of Theseus. After Dark, we rally sympathy for symbiote rights. #AllWormsMatter Weekly reading: https://io9.gizmodo.com/humans-with-amplified-intelligence-could-be-more-powerf-509309984 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/0gPhilosophy/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Guest Appearances: Aaron was on This Week in News with Kevin and Benedict. Check it out! http://kevinandbenedict.com/twin-one-year-anniversary-edition/

Source material: Rick and Morty season 1 episode 8 Rixty Minutes Ooooweeee, this week we're breaking down some Rick and Morty and how the multiverse is really the ravings of a lunatic. Plus, after hours we convince all you versers to believe in god. Oh geez. Weekly Readings: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/possible-worlds/ (especially section 2.1) https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/13992/how-do-quantum-mechanical-worlds-relate-to-possible-worlds Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/0gPhilosophy/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Guest Spots: Look out for Aaron and Thomas on upcoming episodes of Reasonable Risk, God Awful Movies, The News with Kevin and Benedict, and many more!

Source material: Black Mirror Season 4 Episode 1: USS Callister We break down one of the most popular episodes of Black Mirror and consider our first great thought experiment, Nozick's experience machine. Then, after hours, Thomas breaks out the wet blankets for everyone. Weekly Readings: http://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil3160/Nozick1.pdf Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/0gPhilosophy/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Guest Spots: Look out for Aaron and Thomas on upcoming episodes of Resonable Risk, God Awful Movies, The News with Kevin and Benedict, and many more!