2081 is a short film that shows us a future dystopian America where thanks to the 211th, 212th & 213th Amendment to the Constitution everybody is finally equal and it seemed an good vehicle to discuss the concept of equality. You can find the trailer for the film embedded below and I highly recommend you […]

Can you survive being transported? It really depends on the philosophy of mind you embrace and we are going to explore that question on this episode of the Sci Phi Show. Show Notes An overview of the Transporter Technology Quantum Teleportation Teleporting Rubidium atoms Philip Jose Farmers Riverworld Heisenberg compensators Greg Egan Star Trek:TNG, Second […]

Can a Robot think? That is the question we will investigate on this episode of the Sci Phi Show. This takes us into the question of “what is a mind?”, which is what the field of the Philosophy of Mind concerns itself with. Show Notes I, Robot Philosophy of Mind overview by Wikipedia Dualism Monism […]

Hi everybody, This happened a week earlier than I expected but the show is going on a short 3 week break in the middle of the season. I will be back soon with an episode looking at the question “Can a Robot think?” using the movie “I, Robot”. Talk to you then. If you would […]

It is time for another Worth Reading Episode. This time we explore the writings of Canadian Science Fiction author Robert J. Sawyer, a master of Sci Phi writing. Sorry the episode is a day late, there were all sorts of server issues, but thanks to the work of Mario, who designed the website layout, the […]

This time we will continue to explore the nature of warfare, looking at how to wage a war and how to conclude a peace on this episode of the Sci Phi show. We will continue to use Starship Troopers as the backdrop for this. Show Notes War at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Just War […]

The 1997 film Starship Troopers provides some interesting insights into questions about when it is legitimate to wage a war and on this episode of the Sci Phi Show we will take a look at different theories that answer these questions. IF you have never seen the Starship Troopers films, the films are fun although […]

On this episode of the Sci Phi Show we look at another Twilight Zone Episode, The Obsolete Man and explore the idea of, “What are the proper limits of government”. This is a topic I find particularly interesting. If you have never seen this episode of the Twilight Zone, you can watch it below. Show […]

On this episode of the Sci Phi Show we travel to George Lucas's Star Wars universe to explore the question of how to organize a Government. There are many different sorts of governments found in the Star Wars universe and the ancient pagan philosopher Aristotle had some interesting thoughts on how you go about organizing […]

On this episode of the Sci Phi Show I am doing the first in a series of periodic episodes on authors I find interesting. This weeks focus is on the author Robert Heinlein. I am going to look at a number of Heinlein's writings and the ideas they contain. I hope you find it interesting. […]