Sci Phi Show
The podcast about Science Fiction and Philosophy, each week we cover a piece of science fiction and the insights into philosophy that it gives us.
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Statistical Probabilities and Free Will – SPS402
What does it mean to have free will? Do we ...
What does it mean to have free will? Do we have choices or are we all just actors reading lines determined long before our birth? We are using the Star Trek Deep Space 9 episode Statistical Probabilities to explore the question. - Show Notes -
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Occam’s Razor, Abduction and a Cloaked Bird of Prey! – SPS401
How do you reason with incomplete information and how do ...
How do you reason with incomplete information and how do you come up with the most plausible explanation? In this episode we look at Star Trek VI and the problem of a cloaked bird of prey. - Show Notes - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
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Welcome to season 4 – SPS400
Welcome back, you will notice that the number on the ...
Welcome back, you will notice that the number on the show has changed. This in part reflects a change to a new network, the Noodle.mx network. Also, there was a lot of old Sci Phi Show content and Daniel the network owner and I decided to renumber the ...
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SPS 1×20 – 1984 & Brave New World, Which is Worse?
Which dystopian hell would you prefer to live in? 1984 ...
Which dystopian hell would you prefer to live in? 1984 or Brave New World? That is the question we will tackle on this season finale episode of the Sci Phi Show. - Show Notes - George Orwell 1984 Aldous Huxley Brave New World Utopia Dystopia
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SPS 1×19 – Lying and Deception In the Pale Moon Light
When is it ok to lie? Does Wartime make it ...
When is it ok to lie? Does Wartime make it acceptable? Using the Star Trek Deep Space 9 episode In the Pale Moon Light we will have a look at questions of what makes behavior ethical. - Show Notes - In the Pale Moon Light, episode description
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SPS 1×18 – The Holodeck and the Happiness Machine
Would a life in the holodeck be worth it? Reg ...
Would a life in the holodeck be worth it? Reg Barclay tries to live his life in one because it is safer than reality. Bellana Torres uses the holodeck to experience pain and suffering and feel truly alive. The political philosopher Robert Nozick offere...
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SPS 1×17 – Are the Bajoran Prophets gods or Wormhole Aliens?
Are the Bajoran Prophets gods? That is the question we ...
Are the Bajoran Prophets gods? That is the question we are going to explore this time. What properties make something a deity? - Show Notes - Bajor The Propehts The Pah Wraiths Q Bajoran Wormhole DS9: Accession DS9: The Assignment Omnipotence
