Peter Bach-y-Rita

Reason & Rationality THE VIDEO has officially dropped. In 3 minutes, this is what happens when Summer = curiosity+conversation+smartest instructors+Biggest Ideas. youtu.be/XAKb6OES_eI?si…

Reason & Rationality will be dropping philosophy, officially switch to Irish dancing studies given that Eugene's (@meugenn_) talent show extravaganza is by far our most viral content from the week. youtube.com/shorts/hHuUaaV…

The trick of Eddington is that it tempts you to read the ending as sincere anti-corporatist NIMBYism, when the very possibility of believing or even imputing such a message marks us all as goofy, fallen Eddingtonians. #Eddington

Before dismissing the idea of a meaning to life, ask yourself P(You’ve understood it | It exists), and also did you do anything at all to inquire or did you expect someone to just tell you and you would be like "oh cool thanks"?

Instead of rotting in bed, come out for Reason & Rationality Swarthmore. facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…

Reason & Rationality isn’t just a summer program—it’s where students rediscover their faith in education (just ask Harry). reasonandrationality dot com. Spots still open for Swarthmore: July 27–Aug 2 youtube.com/watch?v=NhHUym…

Love you guys. Sooo Tyler. Reason & Rationality officially endorses the clapback of love, sincerity + truth.

Princeton session of Reason & Rationality just wrapped up. It was a triumph! On to Swarthmore. Did he say intellectual rapture? youtube.com/watch?v=yd_ZSK…

I am once again pitching my romantic comedy: - two academics start dating - discover they are each other's terrible reviewer - hijinks ensue Working title: Love is Double-Blind

Sometimes when I’m really upset about losing something and then I find it, I’m so grateful because I figure the simulation could have violated object permanence just to mess with me, and I never would have been the wiser, but it didn’t just because it's so nice, and left the…

The key facts in the Girardian spectacle between ECUSA and the 59 Afrikaners are: 1. Whatever else is true (it’s all pretty fishy I agree), among the “refugees” are babies and toddlers who currently do not have permanent homes; and 2. ECUSA’s refusal, however morally serious it…

Grounded response by ECUSA would have been: "We will independently assess whether any of the 59 are in need of charity and if so serve them, but in any event [insert qualifications and reservations here]." By the way, good sign that Google Gemini provided me with the correct…

Reason & Rationality is so pleased to announce that Christy Wampole of the famous New York Times op-ed (How to Live Without Irony) will guest lecture for our students at Princeton in June, which means a lot to me because she has a sensitive and moral message I care about, and…

If schools can no longer assign students to go home and write essays, will class time will be spent learning the craft, beginning with the sentence? Bimodal distribution of most future students being illiterate but many more students than today being masterful at the craft?

With polished academic writing becoming free, some journals might say, alright guys, only actually interesting ideas from here on out, or else we enter an era of fierce competition to create even quirkier irrelevancies, or else we get multiple equilibria.

Qualia believers are being really quiet about this one