I kept expecting him to get somewhere with that and eventually clarify that and make it make some amount of sense - but that certainly didn’t happen.
Yeah, same here... I was amazed to hear such statements from a psychology professor/clinical psychologist. Pure pseudoscience...
bizarre shit about his book
I've heard that his book "maps and meanings" or whatever is full of even more bizarre stuff. I've seen some pretty senseless graphs from it, where he is supposedly proving god or some bs.
Did he seem to be a bit “star struck” by Matt D. to you?
I don't want to talk down on Peterson, but I don't think his ego would allow him to become star struck, as it appears to me that Peterson seems to think he is on to some revelation too complex for the rest of us simpletons to understand. It definitely appeared that he was emotionally shook in the moments that Dillahunty won the audience over, like that Peterson couldn't believe they would fall for his bs, and seemed almost surprised when he couldn't convince them of it.
Peterson is out of his depth talking to Dillahunty about the existence of God. I've heard random callers to the atheist experience with much more compelling arguments. He talks in circles and rambles on forever without really saying anything. He uses big words to disguise the fact that he just plain sucks at debating.
He doesn't even deserve to be in the same sentence as Harris, and the idea that he could ever actually stand toe to toe with him makes me laugh.
Fact is, Peterson got famous from that viral video about the gender pronoun issue on the college campus in Canada. Because of his stance on that one issue, he gained a huge following and that has opened many doors for him in the past few years.
Yeah and he now makes 5 figures per show and well into the 6's per tour, if not 7's(if I remember correctly, he states it publicly). It is admirable how he made his fame off the people attacking his character, and I can't question his credibility as a psychologist despite some very odd remarks. That said, I agree I don't think he belongs in the same arena as Harris- or really any other "great thinkers" like Dawkins or Dillahunty.
It honestly seems that Peterson engages in self-deception in order to defend or promote his belief in god/christianity. He often retreats to sayings like "throwing the baby out with the bath water", and other very common fallacies used to defend religion, especially argument from complexity. I wonder if even he can keep track of the meaning behind his word salads, and if he isn't just getting lost and, in the confusion, assuming he has proved something very complex and difficult to understand.