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Category Archives: Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson in Clown Suit Speaks Profound Truth
Often the court jester is the wisest man in the kingdom. Dressing as a clown does not negate the truth in what a man says. In a recent interview with cognitive scientist John Vervaeke, Jordan Peterson delves into deep issues … Continue reading
The Synergism of Intelligent Minds: Jordan Peterson, Andrew Huberman
The video interaction between psychologist Jordan Peterson and neuroscientist Andrew Huberman is a classic example of what happens when two intelligent minds meet on the same wavelength in order to share cutting edge knowledge. Each man has his areas of … Continue reading
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Two Devastating New Videos: One from Peter Zeihan and Another from Jordan Peterson
We are becoming accustomed to hearing doom and gloom from Peter Zeihan. The problem is that the message is getting worse as time goes by. Zeihan is the long range herald for the darker future, but others are slowly catching … Continue reading
Posted in Coming Anarchy, Doom, geopolitics, Jordan Peterson, Peter Zeihan
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A Trendy Left-Wing Child Sacrifice: Transgenderism
I saw a video the other day featuring an American surgeon bragging that he had performed more than 3,000 double mastectomies on young women who had paid for gender reassignment, individuals confused – one might say encouraged – by those … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Development, Climate, Energy, Everything You Think You Know Just Ain't So, Future, Germany, Green Quagmire, Ideology, Jordan Peterson, Nuclear Power, Postmodernism, psychology, Russia
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Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, Canadian Truckers: The Wokester’s Knives are Out
It is risky to stand out from the crowd in an age of “woke stupidity.” If independent thinkers like Jordan Peterson and Joe Rogan pursue their own conspicuous programs of free speech with interesting people, the woke overlords will feel … Continue reading
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Jordan Peterson is Working His Way Back
The left had hoped that his voice would be shut down forever. But Jordan Peterson is giving media interviews once again, and is posting his own interactive discussions with a number of fascinating thinkers. His latest book, “Beyond Order: 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Environment, George Soros, Groupthink, Jordan Peterson
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Wizard of West Returns Even Stronger Than Before
The wizard of the western world descended into the abyss while battling the Balrog monster named COVID. To the amazement of the world, he has returned with a new visage, and a revitalized mission — to defeat those twisted men … Continue reading
Posted in Donald Trump, Draining the Swamp, Government, Jordan Peterson, Politics, satire
Tagged leftist idiocy
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Jordan Peterson & Family Get Coronavirus in Serbia
When it rains, it pours. The controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson has contracted COVID-19, his daughter told the Sun, a tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom. “He’ll get better, but he’s definitely taken a step back and it’s just really … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Jordan Petersons
Two and a half years ago, Jordan Peterson was emerging into the international limelight. He was just publishing his book, “12 Rules for Life,” and was about to embark upon a world book/lecture tour which would make him a veritable … Continue reading
Jordan Peterson: The Movie
A new documentary about the Jordan Peterson phenomenon is being released in movie theatres, titled “The Rise of Jordan Peterson.” It is an attempt to present the man with all his warts, wrinkles, and foibles — while also revealing the … Continue reading
Dystopian Fiction, Dystopian Reality
WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU __ Orwell, 1984, Chapter 1 Dystopian societies bend the meanings of words and natural human emotions badly out of shape. This is done to make it … Continue reading
Taking Responsibility by the Numbers, thru the Word, from the Heart
Note: This article is cross-published from the Dangerous Child blog Dave Ramsey: Responsibility by the Numbers Dave Ramsey is an author and radio personality who teaches different ways for people to take responsiblity for their finances: Get out of debt, … Continue reading
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You Better Feel Oppressed, Dammit!
Leah McSweeney is a writer and a founder of a clothing line. She recently wrote an article in Penthouse describing problems she’d been having with her social justice-conscious and completely woke boyfriend: While I was ranting about the insanity of … Continue reading
If Not for Miscomprehension There’d be No Comprehension at All
Jordan Peterson has been on a speaking tour of Europe and the Anglosphere for most of the year 2018. On the surface, this grand tour of the western world is about promoting his latest book, Twelve Rules for Life. On … Continue reading
Who’s Afraid of Jordan Peterson?
According to Caitlin Flanagan, the Left is Afraid In an Atlantic article “Why the Left is So Afraid of Jordan Peterson,” writer Caitlin Flanagan takes us into her home, where her own son has recently grown captivated by the prairie-born … Continue reading
Jordan Peterson Read All of Sam Harris’ Books
The respective philosophies of Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson have not intermeshed smoothly so far. In two separate hour-length podcasts, the two men could not agree on a common concept of “truth” or an agreed upon method for the discovery … Continue reading
Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, and Brett Weinstein… Where They Belong
I Am Not Talking About Vancouver Tomorrow, 23 June 2018, Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris will attempt another futile debate on the relative merits of their divergent epistemologies. The event at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver is sold out. The … Continue reading
Jordan Peterson is Still Evolving
Attempts to Take Peterson Down Make Him Stronger Public attacks in the media against Jordan Peterson have become more frequent and are taking on a level of viciousness seldom leveled against mild-mannered scholars of psychology and human archetypes. Oddly, Peterson … Continue reading
The Attempted Honour Killing of Jordan B. Peterson
In some traditions, fathers are expected to murder any offspring who have brought dishonour upon the family. This homicidal tradition comes to light most commonly when a Muslim father murders a daughter who has been indiscreet in a sexual way. … Continue reading
Jordan Peterson and the Rise of the New Chautauqua
The Return of Public Lectures Useful to the Public Back in late 19th and early 20th century America, “Chautauqua circuits” of public lectures swept across the states. This was long before radio and television — and a hundred years before … Continue reading
Posted in Groupthink, Ideology, Jordan Peterson, Online Education, Philosophy
Tagged Groupthink, leftist idiocy
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Jordan Peterson vs. the “Mad Dog Atheists”
Conscious Intelligence is Not a Logical Proposition Clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson has staked out a large territory in the sphere of public discussion, which borders on several distinctly different areas of thought and belief. These multiple “boundary lines” have become … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Jordan Peterson, Knowledge, Machine Intelligence, Science
Tagged logical fallacies
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Mike and Jordan: Unlikeliest Revolutionaries
Mike Rowe and Jordan Peterson are two of the unlikeliest revolutionaries that you can meet. Both born into relatively humble circumstances, each followed diverse and unlikely paths to become North American icons-in-revolt against the modern tyranny of incompetence — especially … Continue reading
Maximum Impact: How One Man Could Change the World
Global Change via Religion/Philosophy Looking at Moses, Jesus, the Buddha, Mohamed, and the Hindu legacies, one sees many long-term impacts of a global and quasi-global nature. Religion represents a deep and archetypal philosophy, which acts on multiple layers of the … Continue reading
Posted in Jordan Peterson, Philosophy, Politics, Ritual and Tradition
Tagged Political Philosophy, religion
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Enabling a Future: Setting Up the Knockout Punch
Two Years Ago, the Fascist Postmoderns Felt Invincible The Nazis of the left had taken control of universities, big media, the deep state, big foundations, most NGOs and activist groups, and scores of other social institutions from bottom to top. … Continue reading
Posted in Groupthink, Jordan Peterson, Postmodernism, University
Tagged Groupthink, Jordan Peterson, leftist idiocy
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