Jordan B Peterson
Dr. Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, theorist, and one of the world’s foremost atheists.
In this episode, Dr. Dawkins and I discuss religion, psychedelics, consciousness, symbolism, postmodernism, and the importance of objective truth.
—Links—
To follow Dawkins on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins
Website: https://richarddawkins.com/
Read Dawkins’ articles: https://richarddawkins.com/articles
To donate to the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science: https://richarddawkins.net/donate
—Chapters—
[0:00] Intro
[1:30] Jordan’s rise to fame, Bill C-16, and free speech
[5:30] Intimidation and fear of speaking out against the far left
[9:10] Micro retreats
[11:40] Dawkins’ paper about the organism as a model
[18:30] Female sexual selection
[21:10] Differences between Jordan’s and Dr. Dawkins’ thinking
[24:00] Jeffrey Gray’s work on modeling, psychedelics, and anxiety
[30:00] Psychedelics, symbolism, and consciousness
[41:00] Jordan’s experiences with psilocybin and yoga
[45:40] Postmodernism, Lacan, Foucault, and Mikhaila’s Oxford Union debate
[52:30] Jordan addresses Dawkins’ assertion that despite being against postmodernist thinking he at times utilizes symbolism to speculate in a way which is similar to them.
[53:50] Finding commonality between myths and symbols across cultures
[55:50] False pattern recognition and revelatory thoughts
[59:20] Objective truth and the scientific process
[1:07:10] Unpleasant or dangerous truths
[1:08:10] The metaphysical vision of the redeeming power of truth
[1:10:10] Jordan and Dawkins discuss the idea that a narrative drives the process of inquiry, even in regards to objective truth
[1:12:50] Humans’ ability to understand difficult concepts on a biological level
[1:16:10] Question: Do you identify the religious impulse with the totalitarian proclivity for dogmatic certainty and the potential acceleration of aggression and atrocity as a consequence?
[1:20:10] Question: To what degree do you think that consciousness operates as a fundamental mechanism of selection and shaping?
[1:23:00] Artificial intelligence and the metaphysical significance of consciousness
// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL //
Newsletter: https://linktr.ee/DrJordanBPeterson
Donations: https://jordanbpeterson.com/donate
// COURSES //
Discovering Personality: https://jordanbpeterson.com/personality
Self Authoring Suite: https://selfauthoring.com
Understand Myself (personality test): https://understandmyself.com
// BOOKS //
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life: https://jordanbpeterson.com/Beyond-Order
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning
// LINKS //
Website: https://jordanbpeterson.com
Events: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events
Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog
Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/podcast
// SOCIAL //
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson
Instagram: https://instagram.com/jordan.b.peterson
Facebook: https://facebook.com/drjordanpeterson
Telegram: https://t.me/DrJordanPeterson
Source
Sign up to my weekly newsletter 'Mondays of Meaning' here – https://mailchi.mp/jordanbpeterson.com/youtubesignup
These two are actually a much worse combination than I feared. 90 unconstructive and uninformative minutes unfortunately.
Richard Dawkins is amazing!
Peterson is a narcissist. Dawkins is overly conservative. Not a good mix.
I enjoyed this, despite it basically being the ramblings of dementia patient
Peterson forgot to take his Ritalin. Or he just likes to hear himself use big words
I suppose Peterson is more philosopher than scientist these days.
Oh my god, I skimmed through this and only landed on Dr. Dawkins' voice 1 time out of some 25 places i clicked.
Dawkins is a beacon of brightness and understandable language.
I suggest peterson should be limited to either yes or no when Dawkins speaks.😂
Whoa!!! Word salad overload.
HOW I MISSED THIS ? THIS IS THE BEST MOMENT OF LIFESEEING THESE GREATEST MINDS TALKING TO EACHOTHER? THANK YOU
Anxiety equated with entropy!! Give me a break. Such loose thinking to connect different scientific terms!! I used to like Jordan Peterson, I am so disappointed in this rambling. Salute to Richard that he could stay patient and get here and there a few words which actually gave some meaning to this discussion. 😢
So many abstract nouns, so many dependent clauses: Peterson is just brilliant!
Dawkins walked out on you because he detected your bs
I would have liked to have heard Richard talk more. I wonder why he didn't?
Jordon;
king of the mansplaners.. 🤴
Beyond the introduction did Professor Dawkins talk at any point?
where in the fuck are we supposed to think richard fuckin dawkins was in such a hurry to get to? he's got such a full schedule of recognizing the signs of stroke, or what?
Listening to Mr Petersons rambeling and incoherent thought experiments is a painful exercise
I can't take this anymore! JP destroyed my ability to listen to him because of the blablabla jadajadajada blaaaaablaaablablaa blablabla jadajada. Stoooop!!
GET THESE TWO IN A LAB TO WORK TOGETHER
There are "No Truths"
Really hysterical dude. But he himself is a psychologist. Really – throw away philosophy and various nonsense. People who are mired in Nietzsche they are looking for metaphysical nonsense. And here is the result. I've seen this personally. Dawkins is a cool scientist and a rational person. Learn, gain knowledge. Rationality is a stage of evolution that made a statement. So enter this stage, shape yourself and life will be cooler.
30 minutes in to the video and Dawkins has barely spoken. Piers Morgan spoke less when he interviewed him.
Listening to Peterson talk8ng to Dawkins is akin to hearing a drunk toddler with ADD yelling at a Molecular Biologist. What an idiot. Peterson doesn't even understand how the brain works. When anxiety takes over, it's the Limbic system which dictates action. How does this moron have a following?!
Real intellectuals don't have debates , they have discussions.
Terrible. JP's still trpping in this one. Cringe worthy.
22:10 Richard Dawkins finally speaks after 20 minutes of nonstop Peterson rhetoric
Jordan Peterson: "Oh my god, oh god"
Wow this is painful!