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Dr. Peterson Interview
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pigshitpoet that I heard of this clinical psychologist. He has become a kind of phenomenon. He speaks some deep truths and thankfully not from a religiously tinctured viewpoint but a more humanist viewpoint. Oh, and talking politically, the Telegraph is a right-wing newspaper. Should have been interviewed by a Guardian columnist but hey there is little politics here.
Jordan Peterson interview Off Script
When society forgets its moral values nihilism and terror reign. The values come from humanistic values and have nothing to do with religion. Here is where I differ from this analysis as for me all religions are mythologies as much as the mythology of the Norse gods like Thor.
The internationally best-selling author and clinical psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson join Steven Edginton to discuss the moral crisis facing the West, how people become radicalized and what is filling the void religion once held- a good thing IMHO - within society.
Nothing he is saying is toxic or dangerous. Also, I love the fact that Jordan Peterson actually pauses to think about a question before he answers it. He has always struck me as someone who is genuinely thinking about the opinions he expresses; not a zealot, not a partisan, just a thinker analyzing a set of facts and positing a response based on the information available to him.
However, I am not a sheep, I am an individual and a part of the collective we call humanity with all its warts and so on. Religion just messes it all up in my opinion and should not be part of any political or scientific progress. So, without a bit of nihilism, we tend to rely too much on optimism. Balance is all. That is all I will say on it comrades.
pigshitpoet that I heard of this clinical psychologist. He has become a kind of phenomenon. He speaks some deep truths and thankfully not from a religiously tinctured viewpoint but a more humanist viewpoint. Oh, and talking politically, the Telegraph is a right-wing newspaper. Should have been interviewed by a Guardian columnist but hey there is little politics here.Jordan Peterson interview Off Script
When society forgets its moral values nihilism and terror reign. The values come from humanistic values and have nothing to do with religion. Here is where I differ from this analysis as for me all religions are mythologies as much as the mythology of the Norse gods like Thor.
The internationally best-selling author and clinical psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson join Steven Edginton to discuss the moral crisis facing the West, how people become radicalized and what is filling the void religion once held- a good thing IMHO - within society.
Nothing he is saying is toxic or dangerous. Also, I love the fact that Jordan Peterson actually pauses to think about a question before he answers it. He has always struck me as someone who is genuinely thinking about the opinions he expresses; not a zealot, not a partisan, just a thinker analyzing a set of facts and positing a response based on the information available to him.
However, I am not a sheep, I am an individual and a part of the collective we call humanity with all its warts and so on. Religion just messes it all up in my opinion and should not be part of any political or scientific progress. So, without a bit of nihilism, we tend to rely too much on optimism. Balance is all. That is all I will say on it comrades.
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