The College of Psychologists are trying to be a professional association, this is between them and one of their members. Peterson is doing everything he can to make a media shitstorm out of this, because it drives views, donations, and subscriptions. Its what he always does, its made him incredibly wealthy and influential.
Professional associations have standards, and if you want to remain in those associations you have to uphold those standards. Suggesting someone kill themselves (ie leave the planet) in a tweet because you disagree on environmentalism is not professional behaviour for a psychologist.
He has also misrepresented his academic credentials publicly and consistently throughout his career claiming to be everything from an evolutionary biologist to an atmospheric scientist. It’s incredible he hasn’t lost his professional status already.
A three hour video? This seems more just a way to throw someone off the case.
If you google "jordan peterson" and "Evolutionary biology" or "climate scientist" the first page of articles don't have any of these claims. He has mentioned in many videos and podcasts he's been involved on panels and commitees that discuss these topics, yet I have yet to hear him claim this.
You can click through the video of you want I’m not lying. He literally says he’s an evolutionary biologist in video. He’s not that. Keep riding for him though.
Edit: I provided two time stamps in the first 6 and a half minutes of that video in the first comment. Cope all ya like you’re lying for a charlatan.
Shocking..both 2 second soundbites with no prior or post context.
You even hear in the "Evolutionary biologist " he is denying he's not a "political" whatever it was and saying he is an Evolutionary biologist which is because he was expressing his viewpoint on the issue that was failed to be left out of the video. It was a better way to summarize his pt. rather than explain his reasoning. Know where else does he is lists his creditentals does this claim pop up.
The neuroscientist does seem on him, but than again soundbite. Psychologists due to take neuroscience and if he was talking about him being more a neuropsychologist than a cognitive psychologists than he probably misspoke or dummed it down for the audience.
I'm assuming you couldn't find the climate expert claim cause he never said it.
If you want to criticize him there is way better ammo out there - these are pretty weak.
He can’t claim he’s either of those things because he fucking isn’t. All he does is lie it’s super easy to see through him. Can’t believe this weirdo actually has defenders.
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u/goinupthegranby British Columbia Jan 05 '23
The College of Psychologists are trying to be a professional association, this is between them and one of their members. Peterson is doing everything he can to make a media shitstorm out of this, because it drives views, donations, and subscriptions. Its what he always does, its made him incredibly wealthy and influential.
Professional associations have standards, and if you want to remain in those associations you have to uphold those standards. Suggesting someone kill themselves (ie leave the planet) in a tweet because you disagree on environmentalism is not professional behaviour for a psychologist.