Peterson is NOT a scientist.
Behavioral Psychology is not Science.
Peterson is a B.F. Skinner behaviourist psychologist.
Peterson has been
Removed from his Teaching Tenure at Toronto University where he was
teaching, he was a Embarrassment and told--Go Away.
America is FAMOUS
for Stupid People as a Social Aberration inheritance of Europe’s
Shipping All The Low Mentality Dregs of Society off to PRISON COLONIES,
British sent Millions as Slaves to the American Colonies and to
Austrailian Colonies as "Convict Lanour" who if Well Behaved were
offered 'Freedom" after 15 Years.
France sent their Criminal Low I Q dregs to South American Convict Slave
Colonies, and made the Same Offers as did British.
Having read the book thrice (it's short and quite well-written), I think
I can confidently answer my own question now. I was correct in my
reading, but I will expand a little further on the matter for those who
are interested, especially since there are no good secondary references
to be found on the internet. Let's hope StackExchange is better at SEO
than conspiracy theory websites. ;)
I think it's important to keep a couple of things in mind whilst reading
Russell's later work in general and his Impact of Science on Society
in particular:
- he was very strongly against totalitarianism and communism in general
and the Soviet-Union in particular;
► add related resources or links
-The book was transcribed from lectures Russell delivered in 1923 so
the next point might be reconsidered, in my humble opinion. Adapted as
explained in the Below linked .PDF
<https://alor.org/Library/Russell%20B%20-%20TheImpactOfScienceOnSociety.pdf>
[![Screen grab Prefatory Note][1]][1]
► correct minor mistakes
PREFATORY NOTE [see above]
"This book is based upon lectures originally given at Ruskin College,
Oxford, England."
► always respect the original author: I intend to, please forgive my
correction, it is totally in seeking of good Philosophical discussions.
- the book was written in 1952, and there Russell was probably, like so
many others, afraid of either Soviet domination or a violent clash
between the West and the East;
- he likes to use irony and tongue-in-cheek humour; not everything is
to be interpreted literally;
- he also writes about what he definitely does not want to see
happening; in fact, he devotes a whole chapter to it;
- most quotes on conspiracy theory websites are taken from this
chapter, without any mention of the purpose of this chapter. They were,
as is often the case with quotes on conspiracy theory websites,
seriously taken out of context.
All of the above explains why you may read some things that may at first
sight seem scary.
His story starts by telling how science is a fairly new human activity
and how science, or more accurately technology, may change the world and
is changing the world. Some of these changes are obvious to those who
know a little bit about history and history of science. Less
superstition, observation rather than authority as a way of determining
truth. This may seem obvious to us nowadays, but he mentions how
Aristotle claims that men have more teeth than women, but never cared to
actually look at his wife's mouth, despite being married multiple
times, just like no one cared to actually look at human bodies to find
out more about them before Vesalius. Before that, Galenus was truth,
even though anyone who cared to make trivial observations could find out
that Galenus' theories were simply wrong.
More importantly for the rest of the story, he goes on to talk about how
science has brought us technology and how that technology has changed
the way politics work. Three inventions in particular have changed the
political framework:
- Gunpowder. Before gunpowder, one could rebel against a king much more
easily. You could retreat in your castle; with gunpowder, you are never
safe, and a king will most likely defeat any rebellious forces in his
empire. To quote Russell: "Magna Carta would have never been won if John
had possessed artillery." (p.19)
- Compass. The compass allowed the West to discover the rest of the
world and to dominate it for almost five centuries.
- Telegraph. The telegraph allows for instant communication. Before
instant communication, managing a state from a central location was very
difficult and one had to give ambassadors a lot of power, because they
needed this power to act quickly.
- (Transportation.) Not mentioned as explicitly as the three other
ones, but it is clear that transportation is fundamental. If it takes
weeks to travel 1000s of kilometres, then that is obviously going to be a
problem to manage an empire of that size. If it takes only a couple of
hours of flying, then it's pretty easy.
We end up with a situation in which a central state can have a lot of
control over its territory and there are virtually no limits on size or
pervasiveness. If this kind of power and control ends up in the hands of
a few who want to gain control over the rest of us, it is clear that
life can become miserable for the many. It is in this chapter (3) that
Russell describes what would happen and it is in this chapter that many
of the conspiracy theory quotes can be found. This chapter is in fact a
criticism of the Soviet Union as much as it is a critique of oligarchy
in general.
What he does say, and the conspiracy theorists are right about this
(though not necessarily about the intentions behind it), is that he
argues for a "one world government".
The purpose is to avoid the horrors of scientific technique falling into
the hands of the few and:
- ending war. Necessary in a time where wars are much more than
quarrels. War in our time can mean 'efficient' genocide, concentration
camps and even extermination of the human race if we end up in a nuclear
war.
- How? By a world government that has a monopoly on force.
- ending overpopulation.
- How? Russell says there are three ways:
- Anticonception
- Infanticide
- Widespread misery
- (I think it is clear which of these Russell prefers,
despite ridiculous arguments by conspiracy theorists. I also think that
it is clear why Russell stresses the importance of this factor so much;
the alternatives are gruesome.)
- ending poverty.
- How? By spreading wealth equally. Also necessary to avoid wars.
I will expand this answer a bit more later.
[1]:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/yEjZO.png
Peterson is NOT a scientist. Behavioural Psychology is not Science.
Peterson is a B.F. Skinner behaviourist psychologist.Peterson has been
Removed from his Teaching Tenure at Toronto University where he was
teaching, he was a Embarrassment and told--Go Away. America is FAMOUS
for Stupid People as a Social Aberration inheritance of Europe’s
Shipping All The Low Mentality Dregs of Society off to PRISON COLONIES,
British sent Millions as Slaves to the American Colonies and to
Austrailian Colonies as "Convict Lanour" who if Well Behaved were
offered 'Freedom" after 15 Years.
France sent their Criminal Low I Q dregs to South American Convict Slave
Colonies, and made the Same Offers as did British.
Having read the book thrice (it's short and quite well-written), I think
I can confidently answer my own question now. I was correct in my
reading, but I will expand a little further on the matter for those who
are interested, especially since there are no good secondary references
to be found on the internet. Let's hope StackExchange is better at SEO
than conspiracy theory websites. ;)
I think it's important to keep a couple of things in mind whilst reading
Russell's later work in general and his Impact of Science on Society
in particular:
- he was very strongly against totalitarianism and communism in general
and the Soviet-Union in particular;
► add related resources or links
-The book was transcribed from lectures Russell delivered in 1923 so
the next point might be reconsidered, in my humble opinion. Adapted as
explained in the Below linked .PDF
<https://alor.org/Library/Russell%20B%20-%20TheImpactOfScienceOnSociety.pdf>
[![Screen grab Prefatory Note][1]][1]
► correct minor mistakes
PREFATORY NOTE [see above]
"This book is based upon lectures originally given at Ruskin College,
Oxford, England."
► always respect the original author: I intend to, please forgive my
correction, it is totally in seeking of good Philosophical discussions.
- the book was written in 1952, and there Russell was probably, like so
many others, afraid of either Soviet domination or a violent clash
between the West and the East;
- he likes to use irony and tongue-in-cheek humour; not everything is
to be interpreted literally;
- he also writes about what he definitely does not want to see
happening; in fact, he devotes a whole chapter to it;
- most quotes on conspiracy theory websites are taken from this
chapter, without any mention of the purpose of this chapter. They were,
as is often the case with quotes on conspiracy theory websites,
seriously taken out of context.
All of the above explains why you may read some things that may at first
sight seem scary.
His story starts by telling how science is a fairly new human activity
and how science, or more accurately technology, may change the world and
is changing the world. Some of these changes are obvious to those who
know a little bit about history and history of science. Less
superstition, observation rather than authority as a way of determining
truth. This may seem obvious to us nowadays, but he mentions how
Aristotle claims that men have more teeth than women, but never cared to
actually look at his wife's mouth, despite being married multiple
times, just like no one cared to actually look at human bodies to find
out more about them before Vesalius. Before that, Galenus was truth,
even though anyone who cared to make trivial observations could find out
that Galenus' theories were simply wrong.
More importantly for the rest of the story, he goes on to talk about how
science has brought us technology and how that technology has changed
the way politics work. Three inventions in particular have changed the
political framework:
- Gunpowder. Before gunpowder, one could rebel against a king much more
easily. You could retreat in your castle; with gunpowder, you are never
safe, and a king will most likely defeat any rebellious forces in his
empire. To quote Russell: "Magna Carta would have never been won if John
had possessed artillery." (p.19)
- Compass. The compass allowed the West to discover the rest of the
world and to dominate it for almost five centuries.
- Telegraph. The telegraph allows for instant communication. Before
instant communication, managing a state from a central location was very
difficult and one had to give ambassadors a lot of power, because they
needed this power to act quickly.
- (Transportation.) Not mentioned as explicitly as the three other
ones, but it is clear that transportation is fundamental. If it takes
weeks to travel 1000s of kilometres, then that is obviously going to be a
problem to manage an empire of that size. If it takes only a couple of
hours of flying, then it's pretty easy.
We end up with a situation in which a central state can have a lot of
control over its territory and there are virtually no limits on size or
pervasiveness. If this kind of power and control ends up in the hands of
a few who want to gain control over the rest of us, it is clear that
life can become miserable for the many. It is in this chapter (3) that
Russell describes what would happen and it is in this chapter that many
of the conspiracy theory quotes can be found. This chapter is in fact a
criticism of the Soviet Union as much as it is a critique of oligarchy
in general.
What he does say, and the conspiracy theorists are right about this
(though not necessarily about the intentions behind it), is that he
argues for a "one world government".
The purpose is to avoid the horrors of scientific technique falling into
the hands of the few and:
- ending war. Necessary in a time where wars are much more than
quarrels. War in our time can mean 'efficient' genocide, concentration
camps and even extermination of the human race if we end up in a nuclear
war.
- How? By a world government that has a monopoly on force.
- ending overpopulation.
- How? Russell says there are three ways:
- Anticonception
- Infanticide
- Widespread misery
- (I think it is clear which of these Russell prefers,
despite ridiculous arguments by conspiracy theorists. I also think that
it is clear why Russell stresses the importance of this factor so much;
the alternatives are gruesome.)
- ending poverty.
- How? By spreading wealth equally. Also necessary to avoid wars.
I will expand this answer a bit more later.
[1]:
Jordan Peterson's Final Warning to Channel 4
https://youtu.be/RhdEbOzcN1U
McNamara's Morons: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2VwFDV4-g&t=1658s
Peterson's Parallels; think B.F. Skinner...think outside the Skinner
Box? Peterson offers Skinner's Box, where conditioned behavior is
Meta-supernatural in a 'Magic Skinner Cage."
A presentation and reading by Hamilton Gregory, author of "McNamara's
Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam." Because so many college
students were avoiding military service during the Vietnam War, Defense
Secretary Robert McNamara lowered mental standards to induct 354,000
low-IQ men. Their death toll in combat was appalling.
Sorry Charlie, Kix are for Kids. You pathetic fool; The fallacy of attempting to refute an argument by attacking the opposition’s intelligence, morals, education, professional qualifications, personal character or reputation, using a corrupted negative argument from ethos, do you also deny the holocaust? You come off as a Revisionist Right Wing Idiot.Certain ideologues and republicoonish idiots like you, ji2200 stupid fundamentalists are proud to use this fallacy as their primary method of "reasoning" and some are even honest enough to say so. E.g., since we know there is no such thing as "evolution,"
Aldous Huxley in a speech given to Berkley in which he admits that
dystopic novels "Brave New World" and "1984" were not just fiction, but
blueprints for two types of controlled and enslaved societies.
"The prophetic Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, speaks to an
audience at University of California, Berkeley, surrounding the use of
terrorism and pharmaceuticals to create willing slaves out of the
population."
-- Aldous Huxley
"And it seems to me perfectly in the cards that there will be within the
next generation or so a pharmacological method of making people love
their servitude, and producing ⦠a kind of painless concentration camp
for entire societies, so that people will in fact have their liberties
taken away from them but will rather enjoy it, because they will be
distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda, brainwashing, or
brainwashing enhanced by pharmacological methods."
-- Aldous Huxley
