Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

And then to look within the left-wing constellation to see if there is a reliable subcategory of clearly authoritarian proclivities.

And then to look within the left-wing constellation to see if there is a reliable subcategory of clearly authoritarian proclivities.

And then to look within the left-wing constellation to see if there is a reliable subcategory of clearly authoritarian proclivities.

And we found the biggest predictor of left-wing authoritarianism was low verbal IQ. It was a walloping predictor, negative 0.40.

And we found the biggest predictor of left-wing authoritarianism was low verbal IQ. It was a walloping predictor, negative 0.40.

And we found the biggest predictor of left-wing authoritarianism was low verbal IQ. It was a walloping predictor, negative 0.40.

immense predictor yeah so so that's something to continue because you know one of the things we talked about at the beginning of the podcast was that some of these ideas sound good in the absence of further critical evaluation so that you might say well if you lack the capacity for deep verbal critical evaluation what apparently moral ideas would appeal to you and well you can imagine that there might be a set of them and one of them would be well don't be mean to people who aren't like you

immense predictor yeah so so that's something to continue because you know one of the things we talked about at the beginning of the podcast was that some of these ideas sound good in the absence of further critical evaluation so that you might say well if you lack the capacity for deep verbal critical evaluation what apparently moral ideas would appeal to you and well you can imagine that there might be a set of them and one of them would be well don't be mean to people who aren't like you

immense predictor yeah so so that's something to continue because you know one of the things we talked about at the beginning of the podcast was that some of these ideas sound good in the absence of further critical evaluation so that you might say well if you lack the capacity for deep verbal critical evaluation what apparently moral ideas would appeal to you and well you can imagine that there might be a set of them and one of them would be well don't be mean to people who aren't like you

You know, which is a perfectly good rule of thumb. Yes, absolutely. But that doesn't mean it's the... It doesn't mean that everyone who says that's what they're for are, in fact, agitating on behalf of that principle.

You know, which is a perfectly good rule of thumb. Yes, absolutely. But that doesn't mean it's the... It doesn't mean that everyone who says that's what they're for are, in fact, agitating on behalf of that principle.

You know, which is a perfectly good rule of thumb. Yes, absolutely. But that doesn't mean it's the... It doesn't mean that everyone who says that's what they're for are, in fact, agitating on behalf of that principle.

Do you think there are good scales now for left and right-wing authoritarianism? Adequate scales?

Do you think there are good scales now for left and right-wing authoritarianism? Adequate scales?

Do you think there are good scales now for left and right-wing authoritarianism? Adequate scales?

You can tell if someone's belief is part of a set of identifiable beliefs. If they hold that belief, the fact they hold that belief predicts reliably that they hold another belief, right? And then you want to see a pattern like that emerge across a lot of people. Then you see that there are associations of ideas, right? Those would be something like, the manifestation of an ideology.

You can tell if someone's belief is part of a set of identifiable beliefs. If they hold that belief, the fact they hold that belief predicts reliably that they hold another belief, right? And then you want to see a pattern like that emerge across a lot of people. Then you see that there are associations of ideas, right? Those would be something like, the manifestation of an ideology.

You can tell if someone's belief is part of a set of identifiable beliefs. If they hold that belief, the fact they hold that belief predicts reliably that they hold another belief, right? And then you want to see a pattern like that emerge across a lot of people. Then you see that there are associations of ideas, right? Those would be something like, the manifestation of an ideology.

You want to see if that's identifiable, what its boundaries are, that it can be distinguished from other clumps of ideas. So left could be distinguished from right. This can all be done statistically and very reliably. Now, it wasn't done by social psychologists from the end of World War II till 2016. Shameful lacuna in the history of political analysis within the psychological community.

You want to see if that's identifiable, what its boundaries are, that it can be distinguished from other clumps of ideas. So left could be distinguished from right. This can all be done statistically and very reliably. Now, it wasn't done by social psychologists from the end of World War II till 2016. Shameful lacuna in the history of political analysis within the psychological community.