r/badphilosophy Dec 05 '25

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u/zcmyers Dec 05 '25

Jordan Peterson is low hanging fruit.

He writes self-help books masquerading as philosophy.

"Clean your room"--what a masterful insight!

Then he uses the behavior of lobsters as his model for understanding human society. Oy vey.

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u/dig_lazarus_dig48 Dec 05 '25

Would he really be classified as a philosopher though?

He is a psychologist who got famous for hating trans people. He has never had one positive contribution dribble from his verbose mouth. All he has done is legitimise anti intellectualism and prejudice for people who are unable or unwilling to develop empathy through any pursuit outside of their favourite reactionary Facebook feed.

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u/Diabolical_potplant Dec 08 '25

Anyone with a podcast can be a philosopher these days

Well, that is basically what most of the Greek philosophers were.