Jordan Peterson rightfully targets postmodernism for its reliance on crazy empowerment myths, but he does it through the crosshairs of his own equally crazy empowerment myths. Still, Peterson's craziness - unlike that of his many critics in media/academia - at least seems sincere
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I think it's an intellectual hazard to weight a single tweet so heavily when so of his deeper material is freely available. His point regarding Godel is a deep one, and one that I've also made for over a decade now. No system escapes this truth. Science not only also bottoms...
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...out in axiomatic faith in the process itself, but also emerged from the very mystical and religious explorations of our past, namely those of the alchemical traditions. Science is an amazing tool, but nonetheless remains a tool. I'd also suggest Hofstadter's work re. Godel.
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