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Matthew Belinkie Thursday, August 4th, 2011 7:00am

The Bioethics of The Clone Wars

If Yoda says it’s okay, how unethical can it be?

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Guest Writer Monday, February 7th, 2011 7:00am

The Neuroscience of Consciousness in Battlestar: Galactica

The Colonial Fleet tortures, rapes and kills Cylons all the while characterizing them as "machines" and "toasters" incapable of suffering.

Part Two in a continuing series, digging into BSG’s notions of consciousness.

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Matthew Wrather Monday, November 1st, 2010 12:01am

Episode 122: Pancakes and Politics

The Overthinkers tackle the deeper meanings of the Saw franchise and the Rally to Restore Sanity.

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Stokes Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 7:00am

Dick Wolf’s Abject Theory of Justice

Law & Order isn’t about the crime. It’s about the punishment.

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Matthew Wrather Friday, December 4th, 2009 3:08am

Episode 8: Glee: Implications for Behavioral Economics

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather overthink Glee and Gossip Girl, with detours into the narratology of farce, middlebrow thinking, irrationality and behavorial economics, consequentialism, and intertextuality.

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Matthew Belinkie Thursday, November 5th, 2009 7:00am

HE can’t handle the truth

Exactly how dangerous IS Guantanamo Naval Base?

Matthew Belinkie Monday, June 8th, 2009 7:03am

The Ghostbusters Are Horrible People

Who’s the real monster here?

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