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  • Morning_star-8

    If you've got a few hours, this is a fascinating discussion. Both Peterson and Harris genuinely seem to striving for common understanding and progression.

    • Jeez, What's with the fucking down vote? There's no finer way to show ignorance and cowardice.Morning_star
    • maybe somebody has watched it and doesn't like it. Or doesn't like them in general. what does it matter?Fax_Benson
    • upvoting without having watched it is equally pointless.Fax_Benson
    • plus ça change.Morning_star
    • It's cool that there are interesting discussioins online. I just don't understand the aggression.Fax_Benson
    • There are finer ways to show ignorance and cowardiceFax_Benson
    • I could explain Fax but ultimately you're right, it really doesn't matter. I should be more charitable.Morning_star
    • Someone downvotes all postsdrgs
    • someone posted an article from the person that recruited Peterson and their regret in doing so. anyway... the guy is a bit...shapesalad
    • downvoted simply for the notesimbecile
    • Peterson is fine when talking about tidying up cupboards, but he believes in sky gods so can't take him seriously.PhanLo
    • Are you sure PhanLo ? Because in these two videos (and any other source you care to ignore) he goes to great lengths to explain that he doesn't.Morning_star
    • Wee why did he waste 30 minutes of my time skirting round the subject in previous discussions? I'll give the talk a listen and see what he has to say.PhanLo
    • thanks for adding this M_s. Had been hearing about these and glad for the glimpse.MrAbominable
    • there's a talk below (which is great actually aside from peterson losing his knickers when his arguments are dismantled) where he yet again discusses thefadein11
    • importance of sky Gods.fadein11
    • I don't think he does Fadein11. His focus is on the utility of myth as a carrier of survival truth. He focusses on Christianity because he believes that it's..Morning_star
    • ...myths/narratives... are the most appropriate and considered from the western perspective. He talks very little about god.Morning_star
    • Peterson discusses the importance of the narratives we've built around 'sky gods' not the sky gods themselves. He's trying to break down those stories as they..Ianbolton
    • explain what it was to be human hundreds of years ago. They were one of the main reasons we could collaborate and work together as a speciesIanbolton
    • So I think some of those stories have shaped who we are today, so why not try and dissect them, trying to understand more about human behaviourIanbolton
    • yep indeed that's what I said isn't it? I didn't say he believed in them. Was that directed at Phanlo?fadein11
    • @ian, I completely agree, and it's been looked at a great deal prior to Peterson. He falls apart in the video below when he connects ethics to said beliefs.fadein11
    • I do enjoy what he has to say on those subjects though, which is a bitter pill to swallow considering I disagree with so much other stuff he says.fadein11
    • lol at the downvote triggeringernexbcn

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