Uploaded August 2014 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
What, you think just 'cause a guy looks at stars every night means he can't start some shit? Well then you've clearly never met Tycho Brahe, astronomer, swordfighter and royal motherfucker (literally.) Sit back and learn a goddamn thing or two about how to leave your bootprint on the neck of history, because Tycho's about to take you to school.
Disclaimer: If it isn't already clear by this point, this video does not meet traditional standards of academic decorum. Because fuck it, I've got tenure, motherfuckers, you can't touch me. (Actually, this is true, I have just received tenure, so that is pretty kickass.) I'd ask you to forgive any exaggerations, oversimplifications and vulgarity, but if you're the kind a person that gets bent out of shape about those things you've clearly missed the point of BITHOS and should probably just fuck off right now.
What, you think just 'cause a guy looks at stars every night means he can't start some shit? Well then you've clearly never met Tycho Brahe, astronomer, swordfighter and royal motherfucker (literally.) Sit back and learn a goddamn thing or two about how to leave your bootprint on the neck of history, because Tycho's about to take you to school.
Disclaimer: If it isn't already clear by this point, this video does not meet traditional standards of academic decorum. Because fuck it, I've got tenure, motherfuckers, you can't touch me. (Actually, this is true, I have just received tenure, so that is pretty kickass.) I'd ask you to forgive any exaggerations, oversimplifications and vulgarity, but if you're the kind a person that gets bent out of shape about those things you've clearly missed the point of BITHOS and should probably just fuck off right now.









![Unsung Philosophers: Blaise Pascal
The philosopher you know for all the wrong reasons, Blaise Pascal is a certifiable genius. Forget The Wager, and bask for a few minutes in the stunning brilliance of one of the most penetrating intellects the world has ever known.
Ben Rogers Philosophy Bite on Pascal: http://philosophybites.com/2009/07/ben-rogers-on-pascals-pens%C3%A9es.html
Correction: the Nietzsche quote at 4:49 was inaccurate. The correct quote is One should never forgive Christianity for having destroyed men like Pascal. Notebook 11[55]. Unsung Philosophers: Blaise Pascal](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mTHN_eQaEaI/mqdefault.jpg)
