Brett Karlan
@oldjerryfodor.bsky.social
Philosopher of cognitive science @ Purdue
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For 2026 I have decided I will use Bluesky like it's Facebook in 2010. "Here's a weird bug I saw." "Thinking about nachos." Posting unexplained song lyrics without context. This Is How We Win
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
January 14, 2026 at 1:52 AM
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
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marvel hero whose superpower is hectoring. jason stan lee
Jason Stanley, 6 months after moving to Canada, here scolds Canadians for still vacationing in the US/going to US universities, calls such Canadians "traitorous," and tells them they need a "robust nationalism" instead.
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
Long sigh
January 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
marvel hero whose superpower is hectoring. jason stan lee
Thinkin' about nachos
January 13, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Thinkin' about nachos
It really is probably the deepest and most profound component of happiness (for me anyway) that you shouldn't compare yourself to others and should just do your thing.
Anyway, love 2 be in a field where all we do is compare ourselves constantly. Very healthy. Perfect, you might even say
Anyway, love 2 be in a field where all we do is compare ourselves constantly. Very healthy. Perfect, you might even say
January 13, 2026 at 8:03 PM
It really is probably the deepest and most profound component of happiness (for me anyway) that you shouldn't compare yourself to others and should just do your thing.
Anyway, love 2 be in a field where all we do is compare ourselves constantly. Very healthy. Perfect, you might even say
Anyway, love 2 be in a field where all we do is compare ourselves constantly. Very healthy. Perfect, you might even say
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Evergreen post, apparently
January 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Evergreen post, apparently
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How Canada Works (2026)
Jason Stanley, 6 months after moving to Canada, here scolds Canadians for still vacationing in the US/going to US universities, calls such Canadians "traitorous," and tells them they need a "robust nationalism" instead.
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
Long sigh
January 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
How Canada Works (2026)
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as an american who lived in canada for 9 years, i can say with confidence that canadians will really appreciate an american lecturing them on how to be canadian. they love that shit
Jason Stanley, 6 months after moving to Canada, here scolds Canadians for still vacationing in the US/going to US universities, calls such Canadians "traitorous," and tells them they need a "robust nationalism" instead.
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
Long sigh
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
as an american who lived in canada for 9 years, i can say with confidence that canadians will really appreciate an american lecturing them on how to be canadian. they love that shit
Jason Stanley, 6 months after moving to Canada, here scolds Canadians for still vacationing in the US/going to US universities, calls such Canadians "traitorous," and tells them they need a "robust nationalism" instead.
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
January 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Jason Stanley, 6 months after moving to Canada, here scolds Canadians for still vacationing in the US/going to US universities, calls such Canadians "traitorous," and tells them they need a "robust nationalism" instead.
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
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January 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
To the girl reading this: you're just like philosophy (perfect) 😳😳
My 'Philosophy is Perfect' book has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my book
Herman Cappelen, Philosophy is Perfect: A Defence of Philosophy - PhilPapers
Philosophy is Perfect offers a bold defence of philosophy against its pessimistic and moderate critics. Where “flagellants” see futility and “hedgers” see only piecemeal progress, Herman Cappelen adva...
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January 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
To the girl reading this: you're just like philosophy (perfect) 😳😳
For 2026 I have decided I will use Bluesky like it's Facebook in 2010. "Here's a weird bug I saw." "Thinking about nachos." Posting unexplained song lyrics without context. This Is How We Win
January 12, 2026 at 6:38 PM
For 2026 I have decided I will use Bluesky like it's Facebook in 2010. "Here's a weird bug I saw." "Thinking about nachos." Posting unexplained song lyrics without context. This Is How We Win
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honestly impressed by the tenacity of this guy who has written several papers complaining about the reasons his papers are getting rejected
January 12, 2026 at 5:34 PM
honestly impressed by the tenacity of this guy who has written several papers complaining about the reasons his papers are getting rejected
Breaking my own personal code of ethics today by going to lunch at a new restaurant in town that clearly used genAI to make the images on their menus. This must be what vegans feel like when I say we should go to a steakhouse. Harrowing
January 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Breaking my own personal code of ethics today by going to lunch at a new restaurant in town that clearly used genAI to make the images on their menus. This must be what vegans feel like when I say we should go to a steakhouse. Harrowing
Lotta competition, but I think the most brutal situation I was in on the job market was the one time a department emailed to say that no sufficiently "qualified" candidates had applied to their job, so they were canceling the search. Good to know you'd rather have no one than have me. Thanks guys
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Lotta competition, but I think the most brutal situation I was in on the job market was the one time a department emailed to say that no sufficiently "qualified" candidates had applied to their job, so they were canceling the search. Good to know you'd rather have no one than have me. Thanks guys
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Please apply (or encourage your grad students to apply) to our awesome funded summer program by January 15th!
Thanks to generous funding from the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social, John Basl and I are thrilled to be running the AI and Data Ethics summer school in 2026! ~12 graduate students, $10k stipend, 9 weeks to learn about scientific and ethical issues raised by AI. Please apply! aidesummer.org
AIDE Summer
AI + Data Ethics (AIDE) Summer is intended for graduate students with advanced training in applied ethics, ethical theory, philosophy of science, metascience, epistemology, or other areas with potenti...
aidesummer.org
January 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Please apply (or encourage your grad students to apply) to our awesome funded summer program by January 15th!
First day of the new semester, time to decide what Kind of Professor I will be. Have gone a bit formal (suit jacket over black t-shirt) and a bit causal (hoodie over a black t-shirt) in previous semesters. Will have to see this year. But one thing will always remain constant (black t-shirt).
January 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
First day of the new semester, time to decide what Kind of Professor I will be. Have gone a bit formal (suit jacket over black t-shirt) and a bit causal (hoodie over a black t-shirt) in previous semesters. Will have to see this year. But one thing will always remain constant (black t-shirt).
"What TV shows are you binging?" None because I refuse to live in the Realm of Illusion
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 AM
"What TV shows are you binging?" None because I refuse to live in the Realm of Illusion
If Anyone Dies, Everyone Will Build It
January 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
If Anyone Dies, Everyone Will Build It
I'm boycotting the Eastern APA until they bring back the Smoker
January 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I'm boycotting the Eastern APA until they bring back the Smoker
Once again tried to take a social media break and was still depressed and also couldn't Poast. Might as well Be Depressed and Poast
January 5, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Once again tried to take a social media break and was still depressed and also couldn't Poast. Might as well Be Depressed and Poast
My university releasing student evals for this semester on Christmas Eve is objectively hilarious
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
My university releasing student evals for this semester on Christmas Eve is objectively hilarious
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I’ve just learned that the Rothko I hung for 28 years was upside down.
Humiliating. I read from my autobiography in front of that painting. I named my second child, No. 2, after that painting. I don’t even like it now.
Humiliating. I read from my autobiography in front of that painting. I named my second child, No. 2, after that painting. I don’t even like it now.
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I’ve just learned that the Rothko I hung for 28 years was upside down.
Humiliating. I read from my autobiography in front of that painting. I named my second child, No. 2, after that painting. I don’t even like it now.
Humiliating. I read from my autobiography in front of that painting. I named my second child, No. 2, after that painting. I don’t even like it now.
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just learned about this colin mcginn blog post
December 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
just learned about this colin mcginn blog post
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Random thigh pain today but immediately knew what it wasn’t; reading analytic philosophy of mind really pays off sometimes
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Random thigh pain today but immediately knew what it wasn’t; reading analytic philosophy of mind really pays off sometimes