I don’t believe people need “rules,” any rules, for living an optimal life, and for creating an optimal society. Let me say that again — we don’t need Rules. None. Zero. Zilch. Nada. What people need is CONNECTION. We need to be ensconced in a community of people who we know deeply, live with interdependently,…
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88) Jordan Peterson: Part 7 – Psychology at the Ending of the World; Subsection 2 – The Doctrine of Original Awesomeness
So what’s the alternative? Do we need more “rules” to help us live like half-decent people who aren’t slobs and losers and depressed and too-agreeable and “weak” and addicted? Do we need more external authority figures structuring our lives for us? Do we need more Dad-advice telling us to clean up our rooms, stand up…
87) Jordan Peterson: Part 7 – Psychology at the Ending of the World; Subsection 1: Where Jordan is Wrong AF
After carefully pointing out, and occasionally flat-out ranting about the irresponsible errors in Jordan Peterson’s public proclamations, I’m ready to sum this up by taking a look at truly the worst part of everything he has said (in my opinion). To put this in context, here’s the deal. The world is rapidly becoming “fucked”. That…
85) Jordan Peterson, Part 6: The myth of “the myth of white/male privilege” – Subsection 2: Flat-Earthers, Climate change deniers, and Jordan Peterson on the Patriarchy
From my perspective, denying the basic “feminist” (I would say historical) insight that women have historically been subjugated and oppressed, relative to men (and indeed, by men), is absurd. It’s as absurd as a Flat-Earther or Climate change denier position. (Interestingly, Jordan was a climate change denier for quite a number of years, and we…
84) Jordan Peterson, Part 6: The Myth of “the Myth of White/Male Privilege” — Subsection 1: Nobody should care about this essay
I’ve been struggling with this essay for more than a year. I’ve written more than 30 000 words on it, and I still feel its woefully incomplete. And way too long…hahaha…. The issue, for me, is that Jordan’s claim that male privilege is a myth is so thoroughly absurd that it’s actually difficult to address. …
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64) Jordan Peterson, Part 5: The Perfect House Problem; Subsection 7 — The Rebel Alliance
The Rebel Alliance depended on a dead dude, a quixotic Elf who talked like Grover, a wannabe hero with an inferiority complex, an arrogant smuggler, an incomprehensible BigFoot, an annoying and basically useless robot, a super-cool robot who looked like a futuristic garbage can, and a bitchy, bad-ass princess. So to Jordan, I ask you…
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63) Jordan Peterson, Part 5: The Perfect House Problem; Subsection 6 — Lived Experience
You know full well, that if the protest community, or any members of it, begin to see the Matrix for what it is, see the absurd charade that they are perpetuating with their news-friendly parades and speeches, and decide to step outside the box, go outside the lines of ‘acceptable’ that have been drawn for…
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62) Jordan Peterson, Part 5: The Perfect House Problem; Subsection 5 – Love vs. Fear on the Protest Lines
My #1 recommendation for people who are skeptical of protesters and SJWs and everything is, go to some protests about global issues or social justice issues. Go to several of them. Not to stand back and judge all the “weirdos” who seem so different from you. Go undercover, and pretend to be “one of them.” …
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61) Jordan Peterson, Part 5: The Perfect House Problem; Subsection 4 – Scandinavian Atheist Indigenous Immigrant Women Should Rule the World
I have no problem accepting the statistical inevitability that some people in what I’m loosely calling “the oppressed communities” or “the protest communities” are coming from a place of resentment and bruised egos over-asserting themselves. When they “speak truth to power” surely SOME of their motivations are ego-driven attempts to feel better about themselves, to…
60) Jordan Peterson, Part 5: The Perfect House Problem; Subsection 3 – Jordan’s Tarantulas
The dark & twisty side to Jordan’s rhetoric on this pleasant-sounding-advice in “12 Rules for Life”, becomes more evident the further you read, and the deeper you go into the patterns of social media posting that Jordan focuses on. What starts as “sort yourself out, so you can effect change in the world better”, becomes…
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59) Jordan Peterson, Part 5: The Perfect House Problem; Subsection 2 – In Jordan’s Own Words
Now, I expect a person’s first response to the previous post (#58) might be skepticism. Like, did Jordan really say something like that? All that “shut up” and “crawl back to your holes” stuff? Of course, the answer is no. He said it a lot more nicely. You could say I’m “spinning” it in…
58) Jordan Peterson, Part 5: The Perfect House Problem; Subsection 1 – He Who Is Without Sin
============================================================= Tarantula Identification Assessment Tool Put a check beside each of the following that describes you, at least “somewhat”. – Do you feel self-conscious about your looks? – Do you procrastinate? – Do you criticize yourself? a lot? – Do you watch too much TV, play too many video games, spend too…
49) Jordan Peterson: Part 4: The problem of Collective Assholeification
What is an asshole? ….I should clarify the question…..I don’t mean it literally. Just in case you didn’t realize that. 😉 I mean….it would be pretty silly, wouldn’t it, if someone were to answer my question with a literal answer? “An asshole is the hole in your butt out of which you expel feces. And…
47) Jordan Peterson, Part 3: The Bucko Mistake; Sub-section 2: Metaphorically Terrible Advice
Second, the metaphoric. Posture-straightening aside, Jordan’s Rule #1 is obviously about so much more — it’s about being Alpha, not beta. It’s about facing the terrible existential burden of life, accepting your individual responsibility, and applying yourself to the challenges in front of you. It’s about entering situations with confidence, with a can-do mentality. I…
46) Jordan Peterson: Part 3: The Bucko Mistake; Sub-section 1: Literally Terrible Advice
(from https://www.reddit.com/r/Jordan_Peterson_Memes/comments/5ywcxt/sort_yourself_out_bucko/) Jordan pulls no punches in his public statements, calling entire university departments illegitimate and advocating for their de-funding, calling people who espouse “Leftist” or “socialist” views intellectually naive, subscribers to a murderous ideology, malevolent. blah blah blah I imagine Jordan should expect people to pull no punches in return. So…okay…. Jordan’s book, 12 Rules…
45) Jordan Peterson, Part 2: More problems…; Sub-section 3: Issues of Scale
I think it is a mistake that has not been sufficiently pointed out, to assume that the Dominance system is responsible for our successful adaptation in the first place! (I think it’s also a mistake to assume that the Dominance system came first; but that’s a whole different topic, and unimportant here; we’re pursuing the…
44) Jordan Peterson, Part 2: More problems…; Subsection 2: Bear Food reasoning in Darwinian/Functionalist clothing
Accusing Jordan of Bear Food reasoning is, I admit, a Straw Man attack if it’s taken superficially. I mean, c’mon, you’ve watched the YouTube videos; Jordan DESTROYS weak Leftie arguments with ease…. He is way too smart to build so much of his thinking on top of such elemental errors in reasoning, logic flaws that…
43) Jordan Peterson, Part 2: More Problems with Fundamental Assumptions; Sub-section 1: The Naturalistic Fallacy
— from — https://www.google.ca/search?q=running+away+from+a+bear&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjtjd6Ng_LdAhVk2oMKHUJxDOsQ_AUIDigB&biw=1422&bih=780#imgrc=WH65B9lCNXoMQM: Sub-section 1: The Naturalistic Fallacy I get a kick out of the old joke — How fast do you need to run in order to outrun a bear? …. You know, faster than the other guy….. …………… The weird thing about getting eaten by bears is that it IS totally natural,…
41) Jordan Peterson, Part 1, Subsection 4: Moral Foolishness
(from https://geektyrant.com/news/netflixs-voltron-legendary-defender-has-a-78-episode-commitment-season-3-premieres-in-2017) Let’s take a look for a moment at what you end up with when you put together what we covered in the previous two essays: Philosophical Foolishness and Theoretical Foolishness. You get a view of human nature that is disturbingly unbalanced, highlighting the parts of our evolutionary heritage that are most compatible with…
40) Jordan Peterson, Part 1; Subsection 3: Theoretical Foolishness
(image from — https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1348627-jordan-peterson) I discussed in the previous section “philosophical foolishness”, which led, by the end, to an argument that took Jordan’s reasoning to completely opposite conclusions — his unqualified rejection of socialism and Marxist-inspired thought in general (which, I should note, is consistent with his larger narrative of conserving the value of traditional…