I have an intermediate take, as I’ve actually spent the time to understand his philosophical system —- something most of the people who accuse him of babbling do not do at all.
My take on his philosophy of the Bible is “yeah most of it is all nonsense but that’s due to several errors he makes in trying to find things in myth that aren’t actually there.” I’m considering writing a deeper drive criticizing his actual philosophy.
As for Jordan Peterson as a person, I agree on all your points.
He did a weird thing towards Candace Owens recently that kind of set of alarm bells— but the reason why is because he seems to be just such earnest person.
It’s very odd seeing a non Christian use Jesus’ language to condemn someone who is a Christian.
The only thing I can imagine is going on here (after watching some of Candace Owens stuff) is that Jordan got a little emotional because something went down with the whole daily mail firing Candace situation. Which is also honestly okay. We all go off sometimes.
That’s legitimately the worst thing I’ve seen him do lol. Extremely high bar for a modern YouTube public intellectual.
One thing about him more recently too is that he seems to be going down the pathway of saying that the worlds problems are caused by 5% of the population being psychopathic parasites (it seems like he thinks Candace is in that realm). This I don’t really think is very helpful at all honestly. I found that really surprising because it seems like an extremely lazy take.
Other than 1) he’s wrong (but not dangerously so, he may even be wrong in a helpful way) 2) his more recent take is very lazy
Peterson definitely gets emotional and says silly things. When the dust settles and he rethinks it, he backtracks. I’ve seen that plenty of times.
The Candace DW stuff is messy. Ben gets overly unhinged and irrational when the Israel/Palestine conflict comes up. Candace just poked the wrong bear. But she majored in Rage Bait studies in college. She’s unhinged about most things. That scale is unbalanced against her.
I think Jordan is truly either a Christian or is hovering around it and looking at it like a kid standing outside a candy store. His flirtation with all things Christ is intentional.
I’m ingrained in the religious side and have had friends there criticize his takes on the Bible. My response was that he MUST comprehend and rationalize texts through a psychological lens. He can’t ingest it any other way.
I have an intermediate take, as I’ve actually spent the time to understand his philosophical system —- something most of the people who accuse him of babbling do not do at all.
My take on his philosophy of the Bible is “yeah most of it is all nonsense but that’s due to several errors he makes in trying to find things in myth that aren’t actually there.” I’m considering writing a deeper drive criticizing his actual philosophy.
As for Jordan Peterson as a person, I agree on all your points.
He did a weird thing towards Candace Owens recently that kind of set of alarm bells— but the reason why is because he seems to be just such earnest person.
https://x.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1900258045721972785?s=46
https://x.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1900258230409822346?s=46
It’s very odd seeing a non Christian use Jesus’ language to condemn someone who is a Christian.
The only thing I can imagine is going on here (after watching some of Candace Owens stuff) is that Jordan got a little emotional because something went down with the whole daily mail firing Candace situation. Which is also honestly okay. We all go off sometimes.
That’s legitimately the worst thing I’ve seen him do lol. Extremely high bar for a modern YouTube public intellectual.
One thing about him more recently too is that he seems to be going down the pathway of saying that the worlds problems are caused by 5% of the population being psychopathic parasites (it seems like he thinks Candace is in that realm). This I don’t really think is very helpful at all honestly. I found that really surprising because it seems like an extremely lazy take.
Other than 1) he’s wrong (but not dangerously so, he may even be wrong in a helpful way) 2) his more recent take is very lazy
I don’t really see any issues with him
Very helpful. Thank you 🙏🏼
My thoughts in response to yours:
Peterson definitely gets emotional and says silly things. When the dust settles and he rethinks it, he backtracks. I’ve seen that plenty of times.
The Candace DW stuff is messy. Ben gets overly unhinged and irrational when the Israel/Palestine conflict comes up. Candace just poked the wrong bear. But she majored in Rage Bait studies in college. She’s unhinged about most things. That scale is unbalanced against her.
I think Jordan is truly either a Christian or is hovering around it and looking at it like a kid standing outside a candy store. His flirtation with all things Christ is intentional.
I’m ingrained in the religious side and have had friends there criticize his takes on the Bible. My response was that he MUST comprehend and rationalize texts through a psychological lens. He can’t ingest it any other way.