Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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There's the American Psychological Association, which has its journals, and then a newer organization, which is now a couple of decades old, American Psychological Society. And the American Psychological Society was actually set up, at least in part, because the American Psychological Association
There's the American Psychological Association, which has its journals, and then a newer organization, which is now a couple of decades old, American Psychological Society. And the American Psychological Society was actually set up, at least in part, because the American Psychological Association
There's the American Psychological Association, which has its journals, and then a newer organization, which is now a couple of decades old, American Psychological Society. And the American Psychological Society was actually set up, at least in part, because the American Psychological Association
had started to become ideologically dominated, particularly in the leftist and progressive direction, and that that was having an arguably negative effect on research, reliability, accuracy, and probability of publication. That was set up 25... Okay, so that's a little off-kilter. Okay, okay.
had started to become ideologically dominated, particularly in the leftist and progressive direction, and that that was having an arguably negative effect on research, reliability, accuracy, and probability of publication. That was set up 25... Okay, so that's a little off-kilter. Okay, okay.
had started to become ideologically dominated, particularly in the leftist and progressive direction, and that that was having an arguably negative effect on research, reliability, accuracy, and probability of publication. That was set up 25... Okay, so that's a little off-kilter. Okay, okay.
Well, okay, so yeah, yeah, yeah, fair enough. But See, I was watching that happen because I knew some of the people who were setting up the APS at the time.
Well, okay, so yeah, yeah, yeah, fair enough. But See, I was watching that happen because I knew some of the people who were setting up the APS at the time.
Well, okay, so yeah, yeah, yeah, fair enough. But See, I was watching that happen because I knew some of the people who were setting up the APS at the time.
And my sense, though, also was that part of the reason that the APA was tilting in a more and more clinical direction was because there was an underlying political ethos that was increasingly skeptical of science as the privileged mode of obtaining valid information.
And my sense, though, also was that part of the reason that the APA was tilting in a more and more clinical direction was because there was an underlying political ethos that was increasingly skeptical of science as the privileged mode of obtaining valid information.
And my sense, though, also was that part of the reason that the APA was tilting in a more and more clinical direction was because there was an underlying political ethos that was increasingly skeptical of science as the privileged mode of obtaining valid information.
I think that's fair. Yes. So the proximal cause was the overemphasis on the clinical. But, you know, it's also the case that, as you've seen, is that certainly the clinical psychology and the whole therapeutic enterprise has taken a cataclysmic turn towards the woke direction in the last, especially in the last 10 years. It's been absolutely devastating. And I don't know, is social psychology...
I think that's fair. Yes. So the proximal cause was the overemphasis on the clinical. But, you know, it's also the case that, as you've seen, is that certainly the clinical psychology and the whole therapeutic enterprise has taken a cataclysmic turn towards the woke direction in the last, especially in the last 10 years. It's been absolutely devastating. And I don't know, is social psychology...
I think that's fair. Yes. So the proximal cause was the overemphasis on the clinical. But, you know, it's also the case that, as you've seen, is that certainly the clinical psychology and the whole therapeutic enterprise has taken a cataclysmic turn towards the woke direction in the last, especially in the last 10 years. It's been absolutely devastating. And I don't know, is social psychology...
I think you could probably say the same thing about social psychology. Maybe you could say maybe that's even worse. Anyways, we can get into that.
I think you could probably say the same thing about social psychology. Maybe you could say maybe that's even worse. Anyways, we can get into that.
I think you could probably say the same thing about social psychology. Maybe you could say maybe that's even worse. Anyways, we can get into that.
Right, so I presume that these 1,400 are a subset of the 50,000 activists.
Right, so I presume that these 1,400 are a subset of the 50,000 activists.