On Charlatans
Aug. 30th, 2023 03:35 pmPosted here so I can find it later, an interesting article on the obnoxious charlatan Jordan Peterson. Money quote: “The charlatan avoids responsibility; he has no real ideas. Hence he is the natural foe of precision, of intelligibility. For clarity he substitutes great heat and emphasis; he makes his pointless remarks in the most pointed manner possible.”