I want an e-mail or RSS update that tells me all the shows I want to watch that day and give me a brief synopsis of said episode. Is there anything like this out there? [more inside]
posted by reenum on Mar 10, 2009 - 2 answers

Dear Hivemind: Where can I find examples of treatments for Reality TV shows? [more inside]
posted by Elle Vator on Mar 8, 2009 - 1 answer

What is the best way to confirm your own reality, as much as logically possible? [more inside]
posted by acidic on Jan 16, 2009 - 33 answers

Help me recall this proto-Amazing Race game show... [more inside]
posted by Wild_Eep on Dec 27, 2008 - 6 answers

First world problems, analysis paralysis, and personal actualization: Book's similar to Peter Block's The Answer to How Is Yes? I haven't even read this book, actually. But, I probably will. Clarification inside. [more inside]
posted by zeek321 on Dec 20, 2008 - 1 answer

ObscureTVFilter: Help me remember the name of this strange medical reality TV show from my childhood. It aired on American television either in the late 1980s or early 90s, and followed clinic patients into an exam room to record their interactions with the doctor and his ultimate diagnosis. [more inside]
posted by iamisaid on Nov 19, 2008 - 4 answers

The phenomenology / ontology of text: has anyone examined this issue directly in philosophical, literary and/or critical terms? [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Sep 18, 2008 - 26 answers

Are there any documented instances of disaster/apocalypse training exercises where the participants could not be sure if it was real or not? [more inside]
posted by Happy Dave on Aug 19, 2008 - 13 answers

HOw did the projectmyworld-girls do it? [more inside]
posted by femmme on Aug 8, 2008 - 3 answers

Help me remember this game and find something similar. [more inside]
posted by mcarthey on Apr 28, 2008 - 5 answers

I am looking for writings on the infinity of definition. [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Mar 13, 2008 - 32 answers

Aumented Realityfilter- Please, Me-Fites give me your examples of films/video clips of humans with built-in H.U.D.s...? [more inside]
posted by Joe Rocket on Feb 22, 2008 - 6 answers

I am looking for examples of 3D virtual environments created in a Wikipedia-like manner. [more inside]
posted by badstone on Feb 14, 2008 - 9 answers

Bill Hicks said, in one of his acts, and I quote "It's gonna fuck up the economy... the economy thats fake anyway!" Is the economy fake? [more inside]
posted by Effigy2000 on Feb 2, 2008 - 27 answers

Where can I find Virtual Reality goggles or something similar? [more inside]
posted by Savvas on Jan 29, 2008 - 5 answers

I am searching for examples of The Infinite, or the immeasurably large, in our mythologies and archetypes. I am also interested in the categories of Truth which came out of the emergence of Western, ontological thought. Does the trust in a rationally conceivable reality deny us the infinity of the mythological realm? By rooting ourselves in the present, and denying atemporal mythologies, do we also deny the infinite origins from where we came? [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Nov 28, 2007 - 22 answers

I need solid scientific evidence that thought can change matter - how consciousness effects DNA structure, patterns and ultimately reality. Charts, studies, videos, all is welcome as a way of viewing and understanding how the mind's energy works in relation to physical matter. Thank you so much.
posted by watercarrier on Nov 7, 2007 - 51 answers

How can I be sure that my childhood actually happened? [more inside]
posted by Avenger on Oct 23, 2007 - 42 answers

Narrative/fiction movies with unexpected elements of "reality" or fourth wall breaking or other interesting metaness? Illustrative examples inside (without spoilers): Sling Blade, Bamboozled, Shortbus, Timecode, South Park, etc. [more inside]
posted by lorimer on May 3, 2007 - 77 answers

"A human is halfway in size between an atom and the known universe"... This is a paraphrased quote I have come across several times. I like it. Who said it first? How true is it in the most literal sense? And, finally, what errors arrive in postulating a universe, or an atom, which can be measured AT ALL from our singular, relativistic, perspective? [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Feb 18, 2007 - 14 answers

In Enrique Vila-Matas novel Bartleby & co. everyone seems to be real. He talks about Duchamp, for example, and about B. Traven, the mysterious author of Treasure of the Sierra Madre. But he also talks about Clément Cadou, a supposed painter who only painted furniture and dubbed them "self-portraits" and whose epitaph was about himself, as a piece of furniture. Is Cadou real? [more inside]
posted by vacapinta on Jan 2, 2007 - 6 answers

Remember this guy? He was one of the drunken frat guys in the Borat movie. He's the only one of the three who decided not to sue. He got an offer to do a tell-all interview with Rolling Stone, and he's considering it. The two guys suing want him not to talk to the media, and he doesn't want to piss them off. However, he does want his side of the story to be told. He wants to find some way of tactfully not commenting on the lawsuit, aside from saying "I didn't see any benefit in participating in it, so I'm not." He wants to come off as humble and somewhat remorseful, but also letting people know that editing is everything. Any tips on how he should handle the interview? Should he do it at all?
posted by kidsleepy on Nov 13, 2006 - 52 answers

Is belief a voluntary action, an involuntary action or some mix of the two? [more inside]
posted by crewshell on Nov 1, 2006 - 12 answers

Is there a term for this particular philosophical phenomenon? [more inside]
posted by hermitosis on Oct 23, 2006 - 29 answers

A friend of mine unknowingly agreed to be in the Borat movie. Of course, Borat made him look like a complete ass. How can I help convince him it's not the end of the world? [more inside]
posted by kidsleepy on Oct 10, 2006 - 79 answers

In the final scene of the novel "The Man in the High Castle" by Philip K. Dick.... [more inside]
posted by tabulem on Sep 30, 2006 - 20 answers

big brother is frickin weird. my wife just started watching it. all the dramedy is just corny, but i am mystified about a few things: why does that corny blond guy call himself chilltown; and why did that guy that got evicted yell "super bowl" when he left, and then the corny blond guy also yelled it when he won the physical challenge or whatever they call it? yes i am wasting your time and my time with this..
posted by fumbducker on Aug 22, 2006 - 11 answers

Help me figure out the best way to get my "can't-miss" realty show off the ground. [more inside]
posted by ozomatli on May 23, 2006 - 7 answers

AskMeFi Physics folk: How do astronomers account for the temporal distinctiveness of their galactic subjects in their calculations? I understand that observations of the red shift of quasars delinates a speed increase in the expansion of the universe - yet my brain explodes when I try to understand how the enormous expanse of time is factored into these models. [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Apr 9, 2006 - 12 answers

Why did consciousness evolve? [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Jan 25, 2006 - 39 answers

Fiction usually comes in two flavours: 1st person narrative or 3rd person description. What short stories or novels have been written in 2nd person perspective (i.e. from the reader's viewpoint)? Also, are there any movies shot entirely from this angle?
posted by 0bvious on Jan 17, 2006 - 63 answers

Just how much do people make on television? I'm not talking about the big-time tv stars with well-publicized contracts such as network stars like Friends, Oprah, Letterman, Katie Couric, etc., or the many people who get sitcom/series deals on major networks where we can guesstimate how much they are earning to the right order of magnitude. No, I'm asking about all the "little people" who fill my teevee screen. (much more inside) [more inside]
posted by hincandenza on Dec 29, 2005 - 19 answers

This is quite possibly the strangest thing that I've ever done in my short adult life. I'm really quite stunned as to what just occurred because it seems so out of character for me. I know I'm not still dreaming. Yeah, I'm fairly sure of that. But anyway, what the heck happened only a few moments ago? And where to begin? Please, read on. Nothing too freaky inside. Promise! [more inside]
posted by sjvilla79 on Nov 8, 2005 - 39 answers

I am in love with a long time friend. Do you think it would be emotionally/ otherwise risky to go visit her? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 11, 2005 - 46 answers

Inspired by this question, I have to ask the opposite. I've found that as I've gotten older, things in the past seem VERY VERY far away. [more inside]
posted by Caviar on Sep 16, 2005 - 10 answers

Why is time passing so quickly? [more inside]
posted by BorgLove on Sep 15, 2005 - 37 answers

Do loser contestants on reality shows get paid anything at all? [more inside]
posted by madman on Sep 7, 2005 - 13 answers

What's that "game" that was posted on Metafilter about some Australia based website that recruited people after they filled out several forms?
posted by Like the Reef on Feb 19, 2005 - 1 answer

RelationshipFilter: In a new relationship where you fell for each other rather quickly, how do you get the other person over the hump when they find out that you're not their perfect, ideal knight in shining armor? [more inside]
posted by SpecialK on Feb 10, 2005 - 27 answers

"The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda." (See link from here.) What are some examples of leading-edge science and/or technology that might illustrate the truth of this statement? [More inside] [more inside]
posted by ajr on Dec 12, 2003 - 3 answers