"Facts is precisely what there is not, only interpretations." In a private 1886 notebook, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote a line that quietly undermines the idea of a neutral, unbiased fact — then applied the same claim to morality, science, and even his own argument.

In this video we walk through Nietzsche's perspectivism — the notebook line that started it, why Beyond Good and Evil says morality gets no exemption either, the Genealogy's "many eyes, not no eyes" answer to the charge of relativism, Zarathustra's mockery of the fantasy of a view from nowhere, Nietzsche's own honest admission that his claim is itself just another interpretation, and what all of this actually asks of you the next time you're certain you're "just reporting the facts."

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:37 One. "Facts Is Precisely What There Is Not."
5:02 Two. Morality Doesn't Get an Exemption Either
7:12 Three. Many Eyes, Not No Eyes
9:18 Four. The View From Nowhere Was Always a Fantasy
11:37 Five. Nietzsche's Own Escape Hatch
13:41 Six. What This Actually Asks of You

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