If you don’t have 2 hours of free time, or attention– maybe you’ve got 15 minutes! These Snippets are some excerpts from The Dawdler’s Philosophy Podcast that we hope may have some stand-alone value.
Wow. How apropos to talk about consumer-resource systems the week of the Thanksgiving holiday in Amuricuh. Nailed it! In this Snippet from E16: Episodic Synchrony, an anxious Ryan is kindly directed by Harland as he lays out his idea of—what now?—Episodic Synchrony. And Ryan gives thanks. Get it!?
A “philosopher” attempts to define “science”, a “scientist” attempts to define “philosophy”. What is a “thought experiment” anyway? Einstein rides in on his space elevator as the Dawds take spins on the gedanken-spiel.
Nietzsche’s got a will to power. Kids got a will to Disney. We got a will to podcast. Bamboo’s got a will to be the plant version of a jerk. In this Snippet from E14: Nietzsche’s Rich Pageant the Dawds discuss what in the H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks is going on with this Read more…
The second of Humanity 2018’s three favorite things gets the bullet too in this Snippet from E14: Nietzsche’s Rich Pageant. Truth. In Fred Niche’s view all it amounts to is inertia. Tune in after you vote, America! For the rest of the world…hi…wassup?…
Is it “To live is to pollute” or “Occupy Milky Way”? In this Snippet from E13: Footnotes to Fermi, the Dawdlers explore a new–at least they think it’s new–idea! And it happened right in the moment! Holy Cow! Are we to fill a niche in the galaxy or will it Read more…
It’s not that you were picked last to play on one team or another during recess. You didn’t get picked at all. Ever get that feeling that you’re invisible to everyone? But what if it wasn’t just that you were invisible to others, but they were invisible to you as Read more…
What are other people thinking…uh, if they are thinking (eh-heh-heh)? How do we attribute to others beliefs, desires, and intentions? In this Snippet from E12: Daniel Dennett’s Easy Problems, the Dawdlers discuss Dennett’s idea “Folk Psychology”, among other incarnations of the general dynamic…
This Snippet comes from E12: Daniel Dennett’s Easy Problems. Here the Dawdler’s discuss philosophical zombies. And as usual, we’re right about everything even if Ryan’s inner chimp is still inactive. What does that even mean!? Who knows. We can’t believe you’re still reading this! Enjoy! -Dawds
Another snippet from E11: I just wanna get off the bus. In this one, Harland doesn’t want to leave the episode so he just starts asking relevant questions. No, really! Ryan hates him so much… Most biologists might define a population based on spacetime coordinates. Agreed. But that’s just part Read more…
From E11: I just wanna get off the bus, a snippet about carrying capacity. It’s a snippet where Harland gets snippy. But who gets to have the capacity, the environment or the population? Well, duh. Everyone knows that… …right?