People, 'It looks like many comments are going to support my observation' is very different to 'Any comment supports my observation.' https://twitter.com/goddoesnt/status/958418983065149441 …
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Well, I don't think he paints them as a monolith. The piece begins by setting out the attractive and interesting features of Peterson & his approach and then looks at how this has escalated into something approaching a movement.
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It is OK to say we think those who think his approach worthwhile are mistaken. He can be criticised just like everyone else. It is fine to think people have been taken in by a wrongheaded religion, political position, set of ideas etc even if this is a philosophical difference
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OK but if you acknowledge the philosophical difference it seems to me you have a duty to engage with it on a deeper level than just assuming it's wrong, paticularly if you're attempting to occupy a position of objectivity.
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Not all essays have to be about this tho. This one isn't. Its about a phenomenon. It responds to Douglas Murray's discussion of the phenomenon. This is what James does. He wrote a book about the psychological draw of religion & used the same knowledge here.
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People said then that he should have actually argued why God isn't real but they just have to deal with it. It's also interesting to look at psychological phenomena.
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He identifies his real disagreement with Peterson: pragmatism against empiricism. But instead of delving into that he calls JBP's philosophy "snake oil" and spends most of the essay comparing his fans to a cult. That's a good faith argument?
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Yes. You can disagree and argue that it actually has worth and there isn't a big movement growing up around it of people, primarily young men, who find him inspirational and to bring hope but this doesn't make it a bad faith argument to disagree with you.
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You can think James and Douglas Murray mistaken about the passion he is inspiring & insist that he's just normally popular but I'd urge you to look at the figures of how many people are going to see him, how much money is contributed each month to his goals, the language they use
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If you think there is a chance they are right about his immense popularity & people finding him inspirational, what would you suggest would be the right way to say so? Because I think James got it. He was charitable & complimentary everywhere he could be. That was a lot.
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