12yearplan, Garbage. You are sounding more right-wingish troll all the time with your gibberish about limiting one's options for creative thinking. And when faced with Peterson's incorrect science which you did not at all question before you dismiss the experts positions. the experts trying to show you where Peterson get is wrong.
Firstly, Peterson makes claims at scientific expertise when he uses science to support his righting social-culture positions.
rigorous examination of science. In that you showed appreciation for the faulty science he gave you. Now you defend his doing that to you. And at thee same time throw derision at the experts who have clearly and professionally shown you where Peterson gets it wrong.
This of yours is total bullshit
"Yes, there are many hit pieces coming from insecure locales like the NY Times and Wapo.. read them; always hinting at right wing parallels without the knock out punch - sad/poor journalism. Until there is a smoking gun I'll stay with the substance behind, the motivation behind ideas put forward."
Insincere? Peterson who feeds you faulty science is more sincere than those you show you where he is wrong. That's absurd.
This of yours is on a totally different topic.
"he Jordan Peterson phenomenon calls to mind recent research, from scholars such as Richard Reeves and Robert Putnam, about an America dividing into social haves and have-nots. There are those lucky few for whom these rules to an orderly, productive life are inculcated from youth. And there are the rest, left to scavenge meaning for themselves, who will have to rely on Jordan Peterson."
God help those who rely on Jordan Peterson to give them a solid foundation on how to approach life.
Peterson didn't use lobster as metaphor. Peterson misused science and the lobster to support his conservative view of life.
You don't acknowledge the fact the biologist gives credit where credit is due, where Peterson as so many others before him gets it right. And you, as conservative trolls here (not saying you are one of them) do refuse to condemn your guy when he selectively uses science to fit his personal agenda.
"Our animal relatives have evolved specifically to survive in their unique environments, just as much as we have evolved to fit ours.No biologist would argue with Peterson that dominance hierarchies have probably existed for a long time, but it’s also true that plenty of animals live together without the need to assert dominance over one another. It seems as if his discussion of lobsters illustrates far more about his own worldview than it does about human behavior, but he’s the psychologist, not me. Peterson tells his readers to draw inspiration from an animal that can’t stand interacting with its own species outside of sex. I say life is so bizarre and beautiful that there’s inspiration to be found everywhere."
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”