Yes, but he thinks the other kind is very important because you can't analyse everything basically. Not waffle, very interesting, Bret good
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Replying to @MillenarianWoes @premodernism and
Its the same old claims that we get with theology & postmodernism. I do actually find them both interesting. Just not true.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @premodernism and
See, I'm listening & Rogan is setting out the case for truth logically & with clarity & Peterson goes straight into archetypes & narratives.
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There's nothing wrong with drawing out ideas that are meaningful to humans from narratives, tropes, characters. I'm a lit student.
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But it is important to distinguish these from what is known to be true according to evidence & so easy to do that.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @premodernism and
eg Sokal & Bricmont criticise the postmodernists on these grounds & Peterson does the same kind of thing.pic.twitter.com/tfJlN6Z0VM
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Replying to @HPluckrose @premodernism and
When it would be so easy to just say 'This myth is important & meaningful to this group for these reasons but it's not true.'
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The stories they have in mind have a sort of basis of factual truth and utility, like the porcupine example
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And malaria. So it's kind of a subtly different claim from 'anything goes' and respecting different ideologies
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Replying to @MillenarianWoes @premodernism and
It comes from a different angle. But the PoMos do too. They don't actually believe anything goes & respect all ideologies either.
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They also prioritise certain narratives & beliefs having done away with the idea that knowledge is evidence-based. Difference is which ones.
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