Coen, Physics Patrick, Blake, and new recruit Mike get loopy, talking about some strange loops in nature, racist robots, the secret origin of the Buddha, how to achieve enlightenment, and much more!
Topics include: book reviews, stochasticity, why we should fear the great hypnotoad, utilitarianism, music theory, music experimentalism, feet, James (bi)Camerialism, black holes, and as usual, teapot repair.
Coen, Physics Patrick, and Blake, discuss some niche music genres, why politics is such a pain, and try to get to the bottom of what Coen knows about economics in the first season finale!
Are horror movies fundamentally racist? What exactly is a quantum wavefunction? Is identity a real thing? We don't know, but you can hear Coen, Taylor, Blake, and Physics Patrick drudge through it this episode!
Coen and Blake discuss Modal Realism and the wide reaching ramifications of well-known comedies. As well as some advice for those who are interested in exploring the horror genre.
Coen, Blake, and Patrick explore the mystery of the soul, what it means to be a productive member of society, why not to trust the government, and how to talk to an alien.
Coen, Blake, Taylor, and Patrick discuss the mounting fears and anxieties people are having toward the automated future. They discuss the implication of various thought experiments on the subject, then get distracted and talk about the bomb and art.
Blake, Coen, and Taylor explore the world of naming philosophy, the dangerous parts of the internet, the incompleteness theorem, the fermi paradox, and metapolitics. Throughout they struggle to complete a simple task, naming this podcast.
1 hr 59 min
About Broken Teapot Podcast
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A rotating cast of science students and philosophers discuss various deep topics.