Vox Day vs. Jordan Peterson on Jewish IQ

In a series of posts, Vox Day takes Jordan Peterson to task regarding Jewish IQ: In which I address Jordan Peterson The gloves come off in part 2, in which Vox Day questions Dr. Peterson’s integrity: The myth of Jordan Peterson’s integrity Despite both of them probably agreeing on many things–Islam, political correctness, SJWs, etc.–Vox… Continue reading Vox Day vs. Jordan Peterson on Jewish IQ

Jordan Peterson’s self-authoring program does not boost college GPAs: study & analysis

An NBER study Goal Setting, Academic Reminders, and College Success: A Large-Scale Field Experiment, which demonstrates that goal-setting programs do not boost college GPAs, went viral, having been shared and up-voted many times on Reddit. The paper was published in August 2017, but didn’t get attention until only a week ago. The abstract: This paper… Continue reading Jordan Peterson’s self-authoring program does not boost college GPAs: study & analysis

Jordan Peterson and the Evolution of Marxism

Errata & addenda: Updated Steelmanning to reconcile confusion over inductive vs. deductive. Updated Defending Postmodernism to include Jean-François Lyotard and criticism of Whig history. According to Peterson, the Marxists changed their strategy in the 60’s and 70’s from embracing Marxism as a economic system, to a cultural one, which is called postmodernism. I don’t agree… Continue reading Jordan Peterson and the Evolution of Marxism

How Did Jordan Peterson Become So Successful?

Jordan B. Person’s popularity has exploded since late 2016. He has transformed from being just a clinical physiologist and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, to a ‘culture warrior’ whose videos about philosophy, psychology, and politics have been watched millions of times over by thousands, if not millions, of fans from all over… Continue reading How Did Jordan Peterson Become So Successful?

Defending Postmodernism

In an earlier post, perhaps I was too hard on postmodernism. From Jordan Peterson: He says they don’t have gratitude, presumably directed at millennials who are being brainwashed with postmodernism but unaware of it, but also directed at the postmodernists themselves, who are doing the brainwashing. Regarding socioeconomic outcomes, in agreement with Peterson, the postmodernist… Continue reading Defending Postmodernism

Jordan Peterson and Postmodernism

My approach is respectful and sincere, and rooted in my love of truth. While I do think that many college students are prone to over-theorizing and zealous, hot-headed action, I don’t see it as a phenomenon specifically associated with postmodern thinkers. I also believe that Postmodern theorists, including Foucault and Derrida, are largely on the… Continue reading Jordan Peterson and Postmodernism

Jordan Peterson – Controversial Facts about IQ: analysis

Another Jordan Peterson IQ video: IQ–which is innate, a strong predictor of socioeconomic success, and constant throughout life–is incompatible with the left’s vision of egalitarianism. Because IQ is so impervious to environment, much of the left’s costly efforts to boost achivement are futile. When the left says they want to boost academic achivement among under-performing… Continue reading Jordan Peterson – Controversial Facts about IQ: analysis

Jordan Peterson – IQ and The Job Market

Although this video was released just a day of writing this post, it has already gotten over 24,000 views and hundreds of votes and comments, guaranteeing it will be among his most popular videos ever. Why is this video so popular? Because it’s about IQ, automation, and their relation to job market, making it an… Continue reading Jordan Peterson – IQ and The Job Market

SJWs, Jordan Peterson, and Democracy

Jordan Peterson is right about IQ, gender pronouns, and SJWs…but wrong in other regards, and like his enlightenment brethren, clings to democracy and misdiagnoses problem. The only societies that are not slave societies are western enlightenment democracies. From my C2C interview: https://t.co/jdcmwbl5Cl pic.twitter.com/JcWNYn1LSm — Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) December 4, 2016 He’s right: SJWs and… Continue reading SJWs, Jordan Peterson, and Democracy