Brett Karlan
@oldjerryfodor.bsky.social
Philosopher of cognitive science & AI @ Purdue. brettkarlan.com
Of course I'm not woke, the only triggering I care about is CHRONO TRIGGERing 😂😂😂 *the sound of my wife and kids getting in a taxi and leaving me can be heard in the background*
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Of course I'm not woke, the only triggering I care about is CHRONO TRIGGERing 😂😂😂 *the sound of my wife and kids getting in a taxi and leaving me can be heard in the background*
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You should use Gemini, it looks like it understands you
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
You should use Gemini, it looks like it understands you
BROKE: Is ChatGPT conscious?
WOKE: Is ChatGPT mad at me?
WOKE: Is ChatGPT mad at me?
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
BROKE: Is ChatGPT conscious?
WOKE: Is ChatGPT mad at me?
WOKE: Is ChatGPT mad at me?
"Unlike continental nonsense, analytic philosophy is clear and intelligible"
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Unlike continental nonsense, analytic philosophy is clear and intelligible"
WILD but TRUE: the actual nicknames of famous philosophers!
Donald "Duck" Davidson
David "Duck" Hume
Friedrich "Duck" Nietzsche
Ari"Duck"stotle
Willard Van Orman "Duck" Quine
Donald "Duck" Davidson
David "Duck" Hume
Friedrich "Duck" Nietzsche
Ari"Duck"stotle
Willard Van Orman "Duck" Quine
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
WILD but TRUE: the actual nicknames of famous philosophers!
Donald "Duck" Davidson
David "Duck" Hume
Friedrich "Duck" Nietzsche
Ari"Duck"stotle
Willard Van Orman "Duck" Quine
Donald "Duck" Davidson
David "Duck" Hume
Friedrich "Duck" Nietzsche
Ari"Duck"stotle
Willard Van Orman "Duck" Quine
I just got back from the Iteration conference and no one there knew that they knew that they knew you
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I just got back from the Iteration conference and no one there knew that they knew that they knew you
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THATS RIGHT YALL ITS A GIDEON ROSEN (1994) REFERENCE—EXACTLY WHAT THE PEOPLE CRAVE
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
THATS RIGHT YALL ITS A GIDEON ROSEN (1994) REFERENCE—EXACTLY WHAT THE PEOPLE CRAVE
Saw a resist lib bumper sticker that was like "The nice thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe it." And I'm like, buddy, let me tell you about Literally Almost All Truths
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Saw a resist lib bumper sticker that was like "The nice thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe it." And I'm like, buddy, let me tell you about Literally Almost All Truths
I'm a double diversity hire btw (gamer & striken with the poaster's disease)
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'm a double diversity hire btw (gamer & striken with the poaster's disease)
It would be cool if they invented a philosophy professor job where you actually have time to read and write philosophy
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It would be cool if they invented a philosophy professor job where you actually have time to read and write philosophy
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Wow, thanks so much for showing me this "Art". Just what I needed - to be drawn more deeply into the World of Illusion.
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Wow, thanks so much for showing me this "Art". Just what I needed - to be drawn more deeply into the World of Illusion.
Once again would like to thank the UK for continuing to ruin there own universities just to (I assume) make us American academics feel less alone
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Once again would like to thank the UK for continuing to ruin there own universities just to (I assume) make us American academics feel less alone
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No offence man but we’re all kinda tired of you yelling “No one could possibly defeat me!” at every opportunity in the hopes of attracting a worthy adversary
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
No offence man but we’re all kinda tired of you yelling “No one could possibly defeat me!” at every opportunity in the hopes of attracting a worthy adversary
You can't even say "Happy Honda Days" anymore 😔😔
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
You can't even say "Happy Honda Days" anymore 😔😔
Every outfit is a dark academia outfit when I wear it (I'm an academic and I'm depressed)
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Every outfit is a dark academia outfit when I wear it (I'm an academic and I'm depressed)
The Fire Emblem series dares to ask: what if chess but all the chess pieces wanted to fuck each other?
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Fire Emblem series dares to ask: what if chess but all the chess pieces wanted to fuck each other?
By far the coolest way to quit social media in 2025 is to post, without explanation, a Harlem Shake video and then to never post again
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
By far the coolest way to quit social media in 2025 is to post, without explanation, a Harlem Shake video and then to never post again
Hello. I am one of the people who likes to yell at other people for their poor etiquette on the Philosopher's Cocoon job market thread. I am otherwise very well adjusted; it's just that people posting too many "QUERY" posts sends me into a rage from which I will never recover. AMA
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hello. I am one of the people who likes to yell at other people for their poor etiquette on the Philosopher's Cocoon job market thread. I am otherwise very well adjusted; it's just that people posting too many "QUERY" posts sends me into a rage from which I will never recover. AMA
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Nothing will beat the fb post that said “Someone on one of my threads quoted a line that sounded so deep, so profound, so *true* to me that I just had to google it. It turned out that I wrote it.”
The post on the left led to him writing a huge thread on how harrowing it is to give talks though
The post on the left led to him writing a huge thread on how harrowing it is to give talks though
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Nothing will beat the fb post that said “Someone on one of my threads quoted a line that sounded so deep, so profound, so *true* to me that I just had to google it. It turned out that I wrote it.”
The post on the left led to him writing a huge thread on how harrowing it is to give talks though
The post on the left led to him writing a huge thread on how harrowing it is to give talks though
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The important thing to know is that Jason Stanley’s brother got a 1600 on the SATs. I use this knowledge all the time
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The important thing to know is that Jason Stanley’s brother got a 1600 on the SATs. I use this knowledge all the time
Feel like pure shit, just want him back
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Feel like pure shit, just want him back
Someone will be talking about Kant and then be like, "And of course, for Kant, the right side of the body is stronger and the left side is more sensitive," and all the Kant people will be like "Hmm yes of course."
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Someone will be talking about Kant and then be like, "And of course, for Kant, the right side of the body is stronger and the left side is more sensitive," and all the Kant people will be like "Hmm yes of course."
If it does, it won't bother me, Brett Karlan, an epistemologist who has never published anything on (or even talked about) AI! #brettkarlanisanepistemologist
I wonder if the philosophy of AI bubble will also burst soon.
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If it does, it won't bother me, Brett Karlan, an epistemologist who has never published anything on (or even talked about) AI! #brettkarlanisanepistemologist
Embedding ads in podcasts is so funny. It's like, ok guys, I know how to fast forward audio, but good try. Maybe if I was 8 I would listen to this
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Embedding ads in podcasts is so funny. It's like, ok guys, I know how to fast forward audio, but good try. Maybe if I was 8 I would listen to this
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(me angling for spousal hire) Is there a Mrs. at GRLpGpAG?
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
(me angling for spousal hire) Is there a Mrs. at GRLpGpAG?