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lol

Jordan Peterson is an idiot, btw. Don't take him too seriously.

Only an idiot would call him an idiot.

No, only an idiot would say only an idiot would call him an idiot

lol

Sam Harris thinks this guy is a big thinker with interesting ideas. Are you shocked?

lol, not at all. They're more or less catering to the same audience.

Sam is better at it, cuz a lot of "reasonable people" don't think he's saying the things he's actually saying.

Yeah, he has a way of evading criticisms because people just assume he's more reasonable.

I think that's where the PhD comes in. Dude isn't a scientist, a scientist is one who does science, but he can use the cred as a bit of a bullet proof vest.

Exactly. From what I know, his PhD. thesis was also bit of a sham. I'm not sure why do people associate him with science, I know people in their early 20s who have published more academic papers than he has.

Well, you don't have to publish academic papers to "do science", but I see your point. He became somewhat famous and it seems that the degree was acquired in order to give him the ability to make the argument from authority, his authority.

exactly.

Who *is* this fuckwit?

Good God. People like that should not be given platforms. It's irresponsible to the audience. Although i suppose it's like going to the circus. We can all shout at the tv. What a twat!

Exactly, it's deeply irresponsible for the mainstream media to give a platform to someone like him, especially given some of the recent events, eg. Trump, Brexit, & rise of the far-right.

Deeply irresponsible? I don't agree with him on everything, but he is deeply educated on the topics he talks about. Definitely worth talking and listening to.

No - precisely the problem is that he talks about topics he is *not* deeply educated on.

I was aiming at the channel 4 interview. Those were all topics he knows a lot about.