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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Virgil‏ @VirgilMSW Apr 15
      Replying to @darrylrichard23 @HPluckrose

      I mean the Bible just seems like a story. And a story seems to be most simple way to transmit information to large groups of people. This story seems packed with moral and ethical guidance, depending on interpretation. Remain skeptical but to say there is no value seems wrong.

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Apr 15
      Replying to @VirgilMSW @darrylrichard23

      We don't have to say that something has no value to say that it is not rational & evidence-based. Peterson says this explicitly. He calls it the affective (feelings) truth of the mythic world (narratives).

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    3. Paul Maloney‏ @maloneype Apr 15
      Replying to @HPluckrose @VirgilMSW @darrylrichard23

      Helen - I’d highly recommend spending some time with Peterson’s book Maps of Meaning. In the Sam Harris podcasts, his health was suffering and he failed to effectively articulate his claims about truth.

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    4. Paul Maloney‏ @maloneype Apr 15
      Replying to @maloneype @HPluckrose and

      His thesis in Maps of Meaning is that there are two modes of construing the world. The first is that the world is a place of things. The second is that the world is a forum for action. The former is the domain of science. The latter is the domain of arts.

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    5. Paul Maloney‏ @maloneype Apr 15
      Replying to @maloneype @HPluckrose and

      The second mode of construal is the world of meaning (defined as significance for action) and is superordinate to the first mode (aka the objective world.) Stated differently, we orient and act before we categorize.

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    6. Paul Maloney‏ @maloneype Apr 15
      Replying to @maloneype @HPluckrose and

      To support his thesis, Peterson constrains himself to rational and objective argument and employs three levels of analysis: prosaic life, neuropsychology, and comparative religion/mythology.

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    7. Paul Maloney‏ @maloneype Apr 15
      Replying to @maloneype @HPluckrose and

      Peterson technically defines “affective valence” as “motivational significance” which further means “significance for motor function (i.e. action.)”

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    8. Paul Maloney‏ @maloneype Apr 15
      Replying to @maloneype @HPluckrose and

      In addition to discussing it in the context of mythology, he also connects it to our neuroanatomy (precursor to evolutionary psych) and neurochemistry (would love to have him and Sam get into this…)

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    9. Paul Maloney‏ @maloneype Apr 15
      Replying to @maloneype @HPluckrose and

      Here is a passage that uses the term "affective valence" in a way that could equally apply to dragons, a fire alarm, or N200 ERP (Event Related Potential) waveforms. (A fancy neuroscience term that I took the 20 minutes to understand.)

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    10. Paul Maloney‏ @maloneype Apr 15
      Replying to @maloneype @HPluckrose and

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Apr 16
      Replying to @maloneype @VirgilMSW @darrylrichard23

      Please stop. Feelings and subjective and shared cultural meaning are all very well in their place but should not be conflated with truth.

      12:33 AM - 16 Apr 2018
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