Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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information but my academic career exploded at that point it became impossible so people have taken that have taken that ball and run with it yeah yeah so well yeah yeah tell us about it what have you found well okay how do you let's let's start with some definitions like what constitutes left wing as opposed to right wing authoritarianism let's say right so there are measurement
information but my academic career exploded at that point it became impossible so people have taken that have taken that ball and run with it yeah yeah so well yeah yeah tell us about it what have you found well okay how do you let's let's start with some definitions like what constitutes left wing as opposed to right wing authoritarianism let's say right so there are measurement
Okay, so that's a very interesting definition, though, because you're pointing to the fact that arguably, and tell me if you think this is right, the core of authoritarianism, which, as you said, can't be measured outside the political, isn't precisely political. It's your attitude towards those who don't agree with you. Yes, it is.
Okay, so that's a very interesting definition, though, because you're pointing to the fact that arguably, and tell me if you think this is right, the core of authoritarianism, which, as you said, can't be measured outside the political, isn't precisely political. It's your attitude towards those who don't agree with you. Yes, it is.
Okay, so that's a very interesting definition, though, because you're pointing to the fact that arguably, and tell me if you think this is right, the core of authoritarianism, which, as you said, can't be measured outside the political, isn't precisely political. It's your attitude towards those who don't agree with you. Yes, it is.
But you have to have some beliefs for that to be... I didn't say can't.
But you have to have some beliefs for that to be... I didn't say can't.
But you have to have some beliefs for that to be... I didn't say can't.
Okay, so I'm thinking about that clinically. It's like... Well, that's where you'd start to look at overlap between cluster B personality psychopathology, narcissism, borderline personality disorder, histrionic, because those are the people who are very likely to elevate their own status at the cost of other people, including their children and those they purport to love.
Okay, so I'm thinking about that clinically. It's like... Well, that's where you'd start to look at overlap between cluster B personality psychopathology, narcissism, borderline personality disorder, histrionic, because those are the people who are very likely to elevate their own status at the cost of other people, including their children and those they purport to love.
Okay, so I'm thinking about that clinically. It's like... Well, that's where you'd start to look at overlap between cluster B personality psychopathology, narcissism, borderline personality disorder, histrionic, because those are the people who are very likely to elevate their own status at the cost of other people, including their children and those they purport to love.
Nothing at the moment comes to mind. I have a memory of a memory of something associated with that, because I've tried to follow the literature, but I've definitely seen it emerge on the left. Correlations on the right. Well, from what I remember, and I'm vague about this because I can't give you sources, is that dark tetrad traits stand out quite markedly as associated with authoritarianism.
Nothing at the moment comes to mind. I have a memory of a memory of something associated with that, because I've tried to follow the literature, but I've definitely seen it emerge on the left. Correlations on the right. Well, from what I remember, and I'm vague about this because I can't give you sources, is that dark tetrad traits stand out quite markedly as associated with authoritarianism.
Nothing at the moment comes to mind. I have a memory of a memory of something associated with that, because I've tried to follow the literature, but I've definitely seen it emerge on the left. Correlations on the right. Well, from what I remember, and I'm vague about this because I can't give you sources, is that dark tetrad traits stand out quite markedly as associated with authoritarianism.
And I thought that was somewhat independent of whether it was left or right. But I can't provide the sources out there. I review them in this new book I wrote on We Who Wrestle With God. There's a lot of reference to the dark tetrad personality constellations and the political manifestations. But okay, but you've been studying it. Okay, so when we looked at...
And I thought that was somewhat independent of whether it was left or right. But I can't provide the sources out there. I review them in this new book I wrote on We Who Wrestle With God. There's a lot of reference to the dark tetrad personality constellations and the political manifestations. But okay, but you've been studying it. Okay, so when we looked at...
And I thought that was somewhat independent of whether it was left or right. But I can't provide the sources out there. I review them in this new book I wrote on We Who Wrestle With God. There's a lot of reference to the dark tetrad personality constellations and the political manifestations. But okay, but you've been studying it. Okay, so when we looked at...
The way we developed our measure, because I'd like to know how you developed yours, is we took a very large sample of political opinions and then factor analyzed them to find out if we could identify first clumps of left-wing and clumps of right-wing belief, which you can clearly identify.
The way we developed our measure, because I'd like to know how you developed yours, is we took a very large sample of political opinions and then factor analyzed them to find out if we could identify first clumps of left-wing and clumps of right-wing belief, which you can clearly identify.
The way we developed our measure, because I'd like to know how you developed yours, is we took a very large sample of political opinions and then factor analyzed them to find out if we could identify first clumps of left-wing and clumps of right-wing belief, which you can clearly identify.