JBP is ABSOLUTELY for reason, objective truth and evidence. We all know Twtr cant convey depth. You need to spend time with him.
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No. He thinks the notion of objective truth is lingusiticaly constructed, He says so in Maps of Meaning. Confirmed in convo with Harrispic.twitter.com/qsXqVhACcH
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Yes but that is in some sense, true. Our contemporary ideas of truth are based on scientific objectivity. Wt ws true in the time of Buddha?
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The same things. We were just less equipped to know them because of the way we were determining truth.
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Those truths are waaaay older than science. As JBP says: "the Enlightenment is a lick of paint on a mile-deep rock. It's nothing."
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Ade, please don't make me mute you. We can have good conversations about other topics. I don't want to hear any more Peterson evangelism.
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Mute me? Wow. If we were sitting around a dinner table this wd be a strange turn of events. Neither of us need each other. Do as you will.
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I don’t know what went wrong. She was being quite rational and polite.
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If I am wrong I am easy to dismiss. If I am right & JBP is worth engaging what hope do we have if good thinkers refuse him without studying?
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Well, no, obv I had to understand his position on objective truth vs the affective truth of the mythic world b4 I knew I disagreed.
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I've watched most of his lectures & interviews and read maps of meaning. It took that long to understand him. He requires deep engagement
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And I'm very glad that you did because your understanding of him is consistent with my own. The difference is our assessment of it.
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Yeah, people have this weird thing for trying to reword JBP's ideas in a way that's reasonable but he expresses them clearly himself.
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I think this is well said. I agree with him on speech but his writing on religion gives Deepak Chopra a run for his money.
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Soundbites and snippets are easy to attack. Reasoned argument takes time and patience.
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