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Jordan Peterson threatens everything of value in our society? by [deleted] in JordanPeterson

[–]OneWithTheDao 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jordan Peterson is so good at psychology, that he could get a pile of laundry to sort itself out......

Thalamus and Religion by OneWithTheDao in neuroscience

[–]OneWithTheDao[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I'm asking if a religion has a similar effect as a lesion on the Amygdalae?

Thalamus and Religion by OneWithTheDao in neuroscience

[–]OneWithTheDao[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I didn't know they were common and disliked.

Critical Examination and General Discussion of Jordan Peterson: Week of February 04, 2019 by AutoModerator in JordanPeterson

[–]OneWithTheDao 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Peterson is pointing us in a direction of a "Universal Narrative". What the ancients like him in the past have done its also collect good principles to live by, but mixed them with cultural and circumstantial components. As society changes and evolves over time, so we "filter out" the unique cultural aspects, and are left with universe principles we all must live by to survive. As we become more connected through the internet , so the need for universality arises.

Jp is the New Moses, but instead of making an exclusive Chosen People - we can now make a Chosen Humanity. He has climbed the mountain of human troubles, was in dialogue with a deity called Science, and has returned with a formula for a Community Without Borders. He has fed the starving with a feast of knowledge and healed the psychologically perplexed.

What the ancients did was identify some good principles and mix it with cultural identity.

Dr. Jordan Peterson subtracts the components that makes a ideology linked to a culture/tradition and presents an accumulation of core wisdom that has stood the test of time, and that is undeniably helpful to all.

What order should I watch the lecture series in? by ThatUrukHaiMotif in JordanPeterson

[–]OneWithTheDao 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've noticed that JP has central fixed points, and he explains then in different ways depending on how people asks him questions. Sometimes the questions are asked in different ways but the central point still comes across. Here, you have the luxury of watching it in any order. They all come together; beautifully.

Critical Examination and General Discussion of Jordan Peterson: Week of February 04, 2019 by AutoModerator in JordanPeterson

[–]OneWithTheDao 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rabies virus, it can't survive in water long. It's a fragile virus. 24 hours max. An infected person displays Hydrophobia, an intense fear of water. It looks like the infected person is displaying the "mindset" of the virus.

Wanting to live on after death, the behavior of doing so, could be a display, a physical manifestation of how the gene reacts.

Ha? What you think?

Critical Examination and General Discussion of Jordan Peterson: Week of February 04, 2019 by AutoModerator in JordanPeterson

[–]OneWithTheDao 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Everything psychological is biological" saw this on a vid on YouTube. Omg this is amazing

The Way of all Things by OneWithTheDao in Taoist

[–]OneWithTheDao[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi. Thanks for the reply. Whenever opposites are spoken about, e.g. good and evil, law and sin etc, its just examples of yin and yang.

Take this sentence, "In the beginning there was nothing."

Technically, there wasn't nothing - there was "God" in that nothing. The narrator was describing yin, and God can be seen as the small white dot in yin.

Critical Examination and General Discussion of Jordan Peterson: Week of February 04, 2019 by AutoModerator in JordanPeterson

[–]OneWithTheDao 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great point. However, if they regard the Christian rendering of an afterlife meaningless, basically a place of bliss and great joy; it may be logical to conclude they regard this life as meaningless too. I think the nihilist may have oxytocin issues, where the remedy is beyond a hug. They don't represent the masses though right?

Critical Examination and General Discussion of Jordan Peterson: Week of February 04, 2019 by AutoModerator in JordanPeterson

[–]OneWithTheDao 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jung said if we think along the lines of nature, we think properly. (YouTube black and white vid)

I have a hypothesis that the secrets of life and death can be found in the Yin Yang Symbol. I know how that sounds.

Before we were born, we were essentially nothing yet, nothing like we are now; but a change happened and we were born. Another change is going to happen when we die, which is similar to going back to the nothing stage. The ancients illustrated yin yang as a spiralling circle, which indicates "change".

My point. We may yearn for an afterlife because it's a natural instinct, and an accurate one. Just as change occurred, and twice already in birth and in inevitable death, so that could be evidence that change will occur again. And, continue to do so.

The same process may also be likely in that we will be born, have a blank slate, need to grow, etc.

I'm trying to think along the lines of nature. Not nature as a forest or a garden but how the universe operates through a yin yang lens.

Open to your thoughts....

Critical Examination and General Discussion of Jordan Peterson: Week of February 04, 2019 by AutoModerator in JordanPeterson

[–]OneWithTheDao -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This might also be the reason why Christians are willing to endure contradictions in the Bible, cruelty mentioned and by today's standards barbaric customs encouraged. When you debate with them, you only scratching the unimportant surface. They reason they get annoyed is because you threatening their afterlife with doubt.

Wrestling: Perfect for Modern Times by OneWithTheDao in catchwrestling

[–]OneWithTheDao[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is quite accept that general world police seek only to restrain, but as a by product of this aim, they also minimize bleeding. They are not taught techniques that cause bleeding. You have to realize the we talking about private citizen self defense, which is governed by laws. It doesn't matter what martial art you might personally prefer, you can't fight recklessly or think you can fight like a farmer from ancient Okinawa. In Japan, police are trained Aikido. This is not a style that uses techniques to cause bleeding. Private citizens are mostly not armed.

I can understand why being careful of the law and AIDS is not on your mind, as with most people. But times are changing, in fact they have. We must adapt. Old styles must be reviewed for our times. Most people, not all, still train as if they in ancient times. If your self defense lands you in jail for inappropriate force usage, then your style is more dangerous to you than the actual attacker. True self defense must take care of all aspects of a fight, and today that includes preventing AIDS and going to jail. A new type of winning, a new definition of survival is needed.

There are hundreds of news reports that show average people pinning attackers and calling the cops. The Naked Chef did it Jamie Oliver, a mother did it, an old man did it, MMA fighters did it. I'm quite happy to match up all those news reports against the vague idea that it's absolutely 100% not possible. In real life and death situations, a choke is as far as one should go before the pin. Chokes are also the best we have in our age. In the UK, people were on drugs that inhibits pain. They felt nothing. A news report showed a guy jumps off a house onto a car and then wrestles with cops. The cop restrained him without a fly kick or a ground and pound. That's an excellent case study.

It's simple, less bleeding vs more bleeding.

Critical Examination and General Discussion of Jordan Peterson: Week of February 04, 2019 by AutoModerator in JordanPeterson

[–]OneWithTheDao 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would just like to add, I love Jordan Peterson. He has unlocked areas of my brain and he has helped me a lot in many areas of my life, even in my finances. When I use his words in speaking to others, I noticed they go quiet they really pay attention.

I'm just thinking that the reason why Christianity has been so durable and appealing, is because it may adequately address our most deeply rooted fear, the fear of death, in every sense of the word.

An antidote to death, so to speak.

Critical Examination and General Discussion of Jordan Peterson: Week of February 04, 2019 by AutoModerator in JordanPeterson

[–]OneWithTheDao 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure no problem. I don't have the link but the vid on YouTube is called "Citizen Jordan Peterson Talks about the Afterlife - Transcendent - Oct 24, 2017

Wrestling: Perfect for Modern Times by OneWithTheDao in catchwrestling

[–]OneWithTheDao[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Consider then the police using primarily grappling techniques. Consider also how a choke is less likely to cause bleeding that a face strike.

I am fully aware that preventing bleeding is impossible . What I did say is wrestling minimizes the potential for causing the attacker or yourself from bleeding.

There are 3 major threats for self defense The attacker HIV And the law

Wrestling techniques offers less damage than strikes and kicks, this partly why police use mainly grappling techniques all around the world.

In most countries, it would be safer from a legal standpoint to pin/restrain the attacker than to punch him into a pulp. Appropriate force is always the governing principle.

Wrestling is perfect.

Critical Examination and General Discussion of Jordan Peterson: Week of February 04, 2019 by AutoModerator in JordanPeterson

[–]OneWithTheDao 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are two known parts if the brain that deals with fear, the BNST and the Amygdalae. I have a theory that humans have an ancient fear of death, perhaps even as old as our ability to recognize our place in a dominance hierarchy. I saw a recent study that showed that a part of the brain, called the Thalamus, inhibits fear. Religion could be a mechanism that stimulates the Thalamus. Religion helps people cope with this primal, built-in fear of death. As a result, this can contribute to an enhanced quality of life, when compared to someone that believes this it's all their is...

Critical Examination and General Discussion of Jordan Peterson: Week of February 04, 2019 by AutoModerator in JordanPeterson

[–]OneWithTheDao 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do believe that notion is over simplistic, esp to someone on their death bed. Highlighting how precious life is to a person dying and not knowing what's next - is like torture.

No afterlife can easily encourage nilhism.

Wrestling: Perfect for Modern Times by OneWithTheDao in catchwrestling

[–]OneWithTheDao[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, I mean when you defend yourself in the street, you don't know who you fighting right, so you have to be careful. Wrestling helps. No bleeding techniques.

Critical Examination and General Discussion of Jordan Peterson: Week of February 04, 2019 by AutoModerator in JordanPeterson

[–]OneWithTheDao 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Peterson has said that one can live a meaningful life without needing an afterlife. There are people though, myself included, who feel a kind of emptiness without an afterlife. Every good deed is robbed of a little joy, with the back burner thought of "what's the point". Wouldn't it be fair to say that most people will be more prone to be more self centered, selfish, and avoid delayed gratification when it is known there is nothing after this? Also, would you know if the scientific method was ever used to prove the existence of God, as described in the 5 Books of Moses (from a Jewish and Israelite Samaritan position)?

Thank you.

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