Again, we return to “The Great Filter”. Ryan is obsessed! This time, Ryan, like millions before him—millions!—has a solution to Fermi’s Paradox and “The Great Silence”. It’s “The Great Server”! Yaaaaaaay! Bury those ear buds deep in your ears! It’s about to get virtual! -“The Dawdlers”
Longest. Dawdle. Yet. But we come back to you now at the turn of the tide. This time Ryan asks a question and Harland gets it wrong (of course). But we’re ok. Are YOU ok? Let’s talk about how the world will end then, shall we?
In this Short the Dawdlers play a game. Everyone loses. The end.
One way or many ways or any ways… Is there a recipe to live The Good Life?
What’s a healthy podcast release schedule? We sure don’t know but we’re experimenting!
This week the Dawdlers talk about Fairness. Medieval fairs, County fairs…everything…
How much do you really want something? Is it worth the price? Who decides you want it anyway? In this Dawdlers Short, we explore our thoughts on scarcity. And to commemorate this topic, it will only be available for 100,000 days so get it while it lasts!!
How ’bout another Short!? This time the Dawdlers go off about “End ofs”. You know, the “End of the World” type ideas. Consider us ambivalent. Enjoy for the world will soon be over!
Are there inherent limits to the behavioral capacities of artifacts? How would that differ from human bodies? Are not both arrangements of universe, of “stuff”? Why would one substrate permit abilities inaccessible to others? In this week’s Short the Dawdlers muse about Artificial Intelligence: what are its limits, if any– Read more…
In this episode, the Dawdlers take on determinism. Are killers gonna kill? Haters gonna hate? Chefs gonna cook? Eh…Anyway, Harland plays therapist and Ryan plays games because they’re fun. And this is just the way it is because it has to be, as all things must be in the Determiverse.