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Bad Apologetics: Jordan B. Peterson

I finally got through a 10 hour podcast of 3 people slowly disecting mr. Petersons' talking points. And I have to say it was extremely intresting to go beyond the clipped content from people whoes only goal is to make him look bad. Altough all the people on the panel agree that the man does have something to say, they also all agree there is an extreme problem with all his opinions that are not directly related to his field of expertise.

For those that want to take the time and are intrested, you can find it here:

[media=https://youtu.be/4juvCrKJ5uk?t=29903]

When it comes to certain toppics, I can't help to think that these are great examples for Albert O. Hirshmans' book called: "The Rhetoric of Reaction". Espescially Petersons' vieuws on climate change, where things are just too complex to solve and therefor it's futile to try, can be directly linked to the chapter on "Futility" that Hirschmans' described. Also how Peterson tackles a toppics like pornograhpy, can be a school example of the chapter on "Perversion".

For those people that it's not clear what the man is doing, this is a pretty intresting watch/listen. For those that already figured out that this person is insconsistent and ideologically driven on almost every toppic except some parts where he actually is an expert on, well... this 10 hour wild ride is a goldmine to understanding how weird it really is.
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chilloutab2 · 41-45, M
In our modern world, we are increasingly prone to throwing out the baby with the bathwater these days!

Jordan Peterson has his utility... and like every other human being, he has his flaws and biases as well. Like in everything else, the sane thing to do is to take from him what is applicable to you and your world and enriching for you personally... and discard what is not.
But that requires wisdom and common sense, both sadly lacking in the main in today's world, as evidenced by the rise of woke-ism and the return of a new, virulent left, as well as right. (Actually, at the extremes the right and the left are exactly the same.)

Hopefully, sanity prevails.

I will watch this video with interest as soon as I have time.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@chilloutab2 Peterson himself is a cipher for the radical right, whilst claiming to be a classical liberal and obfuscating when anyone tries to pin him down.
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