Episode 248: Checkmate, Grasshopper

Very Bad Wizards

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2022

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast we examine a recent argument for the view that chess is not, in fact, a game. We discuss the Grasshopper’s claim that all games must have a prelusory goal, as well as Skepticus’ objection to the giant Grasshopper concerning chess. We then turn to a broader analysis of the Suitsian account of games. Does the existence of illusory checkmates offer Grasshopper an avenue for replying to Skepticus? Should we bite the bullet and agree that chess is not a game? What is a lusory attitude? Is Tamler losing his mind? Why is David so giddy?

Plus – how should Arthur C. Clarke’s novel "2001: A Space Odyssey" affect our understanding of Kubrick’s movie? And a little more on Kanye.

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0:00.0	Very bad wizards is a podcast with a philosopher, my dad, and a psychologist, Dave Pizarro,
0:05.9	having an informal discussion about issues and signs and ethics.
0:09.3	Please note that the discussion contains bad words that I'm not allowed to say,
0:13.6	and knowing my dad some very inappropriate jokes.
0:16.8	I am so sick of people selling their psyches for a little attention.
0:46.8	Welcome to very bad wizards.
1:11.6	I'm Tamler Summers from the University of Houston.
1:14.2	Dave, apparently, I don't know if you
1:16.4	knew this.
1:17.5	Several sources are telling me that Arthur C. Clarke wrote a novel version of 2000
1:22.8	in a woman's space, Odyssey, and he answered some of the questions that we talked about last episode.
1:29.2	Why did we waste so much time talking about those questions?
1:34.4	We're going to have to pull the episode.
1:36.0	I know.
1:36.4	It's too bad for this.
1:38.0	It's doing well, like a lot of downloads.
1:40.9	We speculated so much, and the answers were there the whole time.
1:44.8	The whole time.
1:46.8	It is hilarious.
1:48.8	Like with all sincerity, the people who have written to say, actually,
1:54.4	that thing that you and Sam were discussing was clearly laid out by Arthur C. Clarke.
2:01.3	It's like they felt that we wasted their time.
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