Episode 302: Metaphysical Edging

Very Bad Wizards

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

What makes something weird? What makes something eerie? David and Tamler wander into Mark Fisher’s The Weird and the Eerie to learn more about these concepts. How does weird art expand our imagination of what’s possible? Why does the feeling of eeriness dissolve when we get an explanation for what we see? What draws us to phenomena that evoke these unsettling feelings?

Plus – DeepSeek has Silicon Valley shitting themselves but how does it really stack up against good old American AI?

The Weird and the Eerie by Mark Fisher [amazon.com affiliate link]

Transcript

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0:00.0	Very Bad Wizards is a podcast with a philosopher, my dad, and psychologist Dave Vizarro,
0:06.0	having an informal discussion about issues in science and ethics.
0:09.4	Please note that the discussion contains bad words that I'm not allowed to say,
0:13.4	and knowing my dad, some very inappropriate jokes.
0:17.1	I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass.
0:24.6	And I'm all out of bubble gum.
0:30.6	The great end boss has spoken.
0:34.6	Play no attention to that man behind the curtain!
0:40.3	Who are you?
0:45.3	Who are you?
0:47.3	I'm a very bad man.
0:49.3	I'm a very good man.
0:51.3	Good man.
0:52.3	They think deep thoughts, and with no more brains than you have. man, good man.
0:58.0	They think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have.
1:02.0	May no attention tonight, man.
1:07.0	Anybody can have a brain?
1:11.4	You're a very bad man. I'm a very good man. Just a very bad man. I'm a very good man.
1:13.1	Just a very bad wizard.
1:16.0	Welcome to Very Bad Wizards.
1:17.2	I'm Tamara Summers from the University of Houston.
1:19.8	Dave, the Super Bowl is set.
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