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CN: Jordan Peterson (Bjørn Lomborg views)
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Another JBP screed against climate change mitigation. First he explains why he has been delivering his essay readings in a supervillain voice:
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Oh, I am in a bubble here. It is interesting to read. It would be more appreciated if it were less ad hominem and about generalizations and more about specific facts that states and that can be proven incorrect without any doubt. Until now I haven‘t seen that.
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Examples? Yesterday he retweeted "There is NO climate crisis" based on a single ~20-yr-old Greenland ice core that was later corrected (by Vinther in 2009 for the rising elevation of the ice) and excluded the last 1 1/2 centuries:
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Sometimes, I suspect that he thinks he's the Canadian Dugin or Bannon. He's looking for his very own Putin or Trump analogue here.
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Is he the portable generic expert for the right?
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An expert in nothing. A mouthpiece for hate & misinformation in every facet of life. He loathes himself, his life & like other social misfits, intends to burn the place down on his way out. The only adoration he gets is from damaged young boys. Academia shuns him.
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He suffers from Dunning-Kruger, I suppose. But it's the incredible arrogance that grates. He is only, at best, able to make sweeping generalizations that are based on ... nothing. No examination or analysis of the data. He seems to completely misunderstand models.
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It is the cynical grifting that is alarming... Peterson a middling professor finds fame ..and requires a new culture war to stay relevant ....
However his sophistry is poorly prepared against the science
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