| > I have yet to see genuine criticism of [Jordan Peterson] which stands up to scrutiny. I don't believe Peterson is alt-right, but I do think there's a fair case for dismissing him as a source for anything but his specific field of clinical psychology. His sudden rise to the position of "public intellectual” (on the back of his alarmist and widely disputed take on Bill C-16 [1]) is troubling when his unwavering single-minded crusade against what he considers a global cabal of “postmodern neo-Marxists” colours nearly every view he has [2][3]. Examples of this can be seen in his bold proclamations against feminists, Disney films, the concept of white privilege, but also in his occasional habit of linking to junk-science blogs to inform his position rather than peer-reviewed research (such as when he propagated the debunked[4] claim that contrary to what nearly every climatologist, atmospheric physicist, geologist, glaciologist and oceanographer has been telling us, Earth's climate sensitivity is actually trending towards zero [5]). He’s also demonstrably not one to allow gaps in his knowledge to get in the way of proudly displaying his confirmation biases [6][7]. So as a trained clinical psychologist, I’m sure he knows what he’s talking about when he stays in his own lane, but for an academic and supposed advocate for scientific rigour he seems remarkably lax in applying the same care and scrutiny to his positions on social issues. 1. http://sds.utoronto.ca/blog/bill-c-16-no-its-not-about-crimi... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_School#Cultural_Marx... 3. https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/79568716336716185... 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFDnxMp0Hw8 5. https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/92041514135884595... 6. https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/95073630669433651... 7. https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/95077370882567372... |