Ah, here's an article about Peterson that touches on the evolutionary psych angle,
http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/19/jordan-peterson-and-fascist-mysticism/ but what's a little pseudo-science among fascist mystics? -- rec -- On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 1:43 PM, uǝlƃ ☣ <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, again caveat my ignorance, many of these evolutionary justifications > seem to ignore any possible eusocial effects. The idea of transgenders > showing a predisposition to hair dressing BEGS us to make a spitball > eusocial (or at least semiotic) evolutionary argument ... you know, the > benefits of good grooming and all. > > The same could easily be said for curiosity and intelligence. Groups with > innovative members are likely to outperform groups without them ... like > Steve's regular invocation of The Shaman. I know *I'm* happier with people > like Lady Gaga and Marilyn Manson running around making noise. 8^) > > On 03/09/2018 10:26 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > > I thought of that factoid when looking over some of Peterson's remarks. > If this is generally true in the population, is it because of nature vs. > nurture? I anecdotally had the experience it was true, and that (just > now) made me go look to see if there was any research on it. > > Lady Gaga's interpretation of Born This Way seems to be the > politically-correct perspective these days. (As opposed to the more > sensible "Who the hell are you to tell me how to live?") > > Presumably, the T in LGBT would also tend to adopt that perspective. > Running with that, it seems to be reasonable to ask what other > pseudo-gender differences exist, like intelligence, and the other things > mentioned. > > There could be cognitive benefits to the alternative wiring, like there > might be creative benefits from having synesthesia. > > > > Alternatively, a Peterson (faced with robust statistics on this) would > have to consider the hypothesis that the (maladaptive?) lifestyle selected > for intelligence or perhaps even improved it. > > > -- > ☣ uǝlƃ > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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