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> "I'm very, very... I won't say dreading, but I'm, hmm, somewhat tentative about this whole thing. I don't think Jordan Peterson is a man with whom I necessari
by nailer 4y ago
> "I'm very, very... I won't say dreading, but I'm, hmm, somewhat tentative about this whole thing. I don't think Jordan Peterson is a man with whom I necessarily share an enormous amount of, you know…
I don't know, an I'm an enormous fan of both men.
Both are academic types, Peterson has a love for the natural world, Fry for history.
They both believe in values - Peterson focusing on self-discipline, Fry on kindness.
The only thing I can work out that's different is that some people have decided that Peterson is evil for not supporting compelled speech, or acknowledging humans are animals, or some other nonsense - Fry could absolutely be in Peterson's position if the cards had fallen differently.
- boxmonster 4y agoEarly Jordan Peterson was great. My first intro to him was in 2015 or so and it was a talk he gave on depression that helped me. Recent Jordan Peterson has gone off the rails and seems more interested in attention. He's become kind of a troll like Ben Shapiro. I guess it's a way to make a living and get your jollies.
- nailer 4y agoHow so? You’ve given examples of good things but not bad things.
- netsharc 4y agoI wasn't sure about him (I didn't care enough to research him) until he started spouting stuff about an area he's not an expert of: climate change. At that point I concluded he is, as you said, an attention seeking troll.
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