Need a plate of generic, insipid platitudes with a giant helping of bad science and misogyny?

  • fosforus@sopuli.xyz
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    2 years ago

    He has some good advice (and some batshit crazy certainly), but not anything stoics weren’t saying 2300 years ago. And he sprinkles on top of that a weird religious-adjacent theories that are perhaps due to his psychedelic use. People seem to confuse that rambling with wisdom, like they usually do with cult leaders.

    Still, I think it’s quite probable that he was a fine psychologist and was completely capable of helping individuals in whatever their struggles were. It’s his moving to a youtube stardom that caused all the problems.

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      2 years ago

      Meh, all of the good advice he gives you can get from some other internet guru that isn’t such a grifter.

      “clean your room” and “wash yourself” really aren’t that profound.

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        2 years ago

        I dare say that we have plenty of men (and some women) who need advice as lowly as that. If Peterson reaches them, it could be a net positive. Too bad there’s a lot crap in his advice as well.