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You've hit the nail on the head with this. I often see "big idea" thinkers who I find to be brilliant, like Jordan Peterson, criticized, and I think a lot of th
by CryptoPunk 4y ago
You've hit the nail on the head with this. I often see "big idea" thinkers who I find to be brilliant, like Jordan Peterson, criticized, and I think a lot of that comes from literal thinkers who 1. apply a rigorous evidentiary standard when assessing their writings, when they should instead see them as well-articulated cases for a "hunch" and thus not expect them to contain proof for their theories, and/or 2. don't see the utility of expositions of hunches.
- AlbertCory 4y agoI wouldn't put this guy on a par with Jordan Peterson. JP appeals to masses of people because he explains his ideas -- he doesn't prove them. You can state a big idea, but then you have to illustrate it. That can be with hard facts, or it can be poetic, but there needs to be something.
- TrispusAttucks 4y agoMost of the people who hate Jordan Peterson never read his books or listened to his lectures. They were told to hate him and that if they agreed with his positions they were bad people. There is an effort to get people to rationalize their hate but when they try to rationalize it they realize it's complete cult ideology not based in reality. Ending up as fans of his. It happened to me. I was told how bad he was. In fact he is super reasonable to the majority. https://youtu.be/XQR6rDOCxM0 https://youtu.be/XQR6rDOCxM0