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Would you say Sam Harris is 'Star Trek TNG' and Jordan Peterson more 'Lord of the Rings'?

One is about secularism and rationality and slightly autistic, the other is obsessed with archetypes and good vs. Evil?

>> No.9239029

>>9239019
I'd say both of them are pop-intellectuals who have profited off of a poor public education system in the western world.

>> No.9239030

>>9239019
Sam is Twilight and Jordan is Harry Potter

>> No.9239042

No, Harris is Gummo and Peterson is Tree of Life.

>> No.9239047

>>9239029
Ahahaha
OP BTFO (I am OP)

>> No.9239049

>>9239019
Sam is like Fincher Jordan is like Tarkovsky

>> No.9239057

>>9239029
>poor public education system
oxymoron?

>> No.9239064

Despite enjoying Peterson's personality lectures, I'm getting tired of seeing him posted on here.

>> No.9239065

>>9239042

Accurate

Sam is wrong and Jordan is right

>> No.9239074

>>9239057
In the US public school actually means open to the public

>> No.9239077

>>9239064
what makes me sad is that in these threads they never talk about his (or sam harris) books

>> No.9239081

>>9239049
Decent comparison. Fincher's style is definitely more mechanical and logical and Tarkovsky more artful and reflective.

>> No.9239084

>>9239029
A pretty good point. A point, however, which I think both of these intellectuals believe in. And why they engage with the general populace in as a public (ie. simplifying) manner as possible.

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>>9239057
Yes, you are a moron.

>> No.9239102

>>9239019

"Religion is just flawed science."

Where to even begin with the dunce?

>> No.9239105

Harris is Fassbinder, Peterson is Herzog.
Harris is Kubrick, Peterson is Malick.
Harris is Bergman, Peterson is Dreyer.
Harris is Teshigahara, Peterson is Kurowsawa.
Harris is Klimov, Peterson is Parajanov.
Harris is Lynch, Peterson is Jodorowky.
Harris is Coppola, Peterson is Scorsese.

I'm hungry.

>> No.9239113

no. I consider them 4chan memes.

are they yootoobers or what?

>> No.9239242

>>9239019
Harris is Rihana, Peterson is Beyonce.
Harris is Lana del Rey, Peterson is Lady Gaga.
Harris is Offspring, Peterson is Joy Division.
Harris is Pepsi, Peterson is Coca-Cola.
Harris is Coffee, Peterson is Tea.
Harris is Sasha Grey, Peterson is Lexi Belle.

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>> No.9239293

>>9239105

Dumb comparisons.

I take it you like Sam Harris better then?

>> No.9239298

I made this btw acknowledge me over 9000 hours in mspaint thanks

>> No.9239401

>>9239242
Pepsi doesn't make my teeth sticky after drinking it so I'm assuming Sam Harris is better.

Also Lana Del Rey has had a longer bout of relevancy than Lady Gaga did.

>> No.9239607

Sam is Descartes
Peterson is Rembrandt

>> No.9240699

>>9239019
Why does every discussion about them turn into a joke?
Its no joke!

>> No.9240750

Maybe I don't understand the views of Jordan Peterson but I he seems to be playing an empty word game every time I'm listening to him.

This reminds me of Talmud study and pilpul.

>> No.9240764

>>9239019
I feel like a better person for not knowing who either of these guys is.

>> No.9240863

>>9240750
is jewish education cool?

>> No.9241321

>>9240750
he straddles the line between schizophrenic rambling and coherent philosophizing most of the time. Try watching his personality lectures if you want to know what he's about.

>> No.9242045

>>9240699
underappreciated

>> No.9242336
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>>9239019
It all comes down to mechanistic cognition versus mentalistic cognition. It comes on a spectrum with lower and higher amounts of it.
Harris is slightly autistic indeed, while Peterson is soft schizotypy desu senpai.

>> No.9244012

>>9239030
Delete This

>> No.9244202

>>9239113

Peterson's youtube channels is worth watching. especially the analysis of the lion king and pinocchio.

>> No.9244213

>>9239029
Peterson is an actual professor which is more than any of us will probably ever amount to on an academic level

>> No.9244222

First post best post

>> No.9244258

>>9242336
Astrology is (un)ironically not entirely a pseudo science
It is well established that the weather you were in the womb for impacts your development

>> No.9244281

>>9239019
Sam said he thinks great literature has truth but I don't think he honestly believes that, only concedes it without understanding it so that he doesn't get bogged down.

>> No.9244993

>>9244213
This, they both have PhDs.

>> No.9246019

Bump

>> No.9246037

>>9244993
i have a phd if u know what i mean
a pretty huge dick

>> No.9246050

>>9244258
But that's biology, not astrology

>> No.9246057

>>9244258
This is true. /lit/ basically tries to study astrology in its off-topic threads all day indirectly. It's funny. Give me b-day and I'll write you a pimp self-portrait.

>> No.9246061

>>9239019
why do they both look like types of kids in elementary school

hahahahahaha

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>>9246061
Is this really unfunny

>> No.9246340

>>9240750
He's a continental in spirit for sure.

>> No.9246398

>>9246120
I know this is late but I chuckled anon

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>>9246037

>> No.9246794

>>9246120
4/10