and that’s because I think you don’t understand them either.
What am I supposed to do with this? The one effect this has is to piss me off and make me less interested in engaging with anything you’ve said.
Why is that the one effect? Jordan Peterson says that the one answer he routinely gives to Christians and atheists that piss them off is, “what do you mean by that?” In an interview with Alex O’Conner he says,
So people will say, well, do you believe that happened literally, historically? It’s like, well, yes, I believe that it’s okay. Okay. What do you mean by that? That you believe that exactly. Yeah. So, so you tell me you’re there in the way that you describe it.
Right, right. What do you see? What are the fish doing exactly? And the answer is you don’t know. You have no notion about it at all. You have no theory about it. Sure. You have no theory about it. So your belief is, what’s your belief exactly?
(25:19–25:36, The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast − 451. Navigating Belief, Skepticism, and the Afterlife w/ Alex O’Connor)
Sure, this pisses off a lot of people, but it also gets some people thinking about what they actually mean. So, there’s your answer: you’re supposed to go back and figure out what you mean. A side benefit is if it pisses you off, maybe I won’t see your writing anymore. I’m pretty annoyed at how the quality of posts has gone down on this website in the past few years.
Why is that the one effect? Jordan Peterson says that the one answer he routinely gives to Christians and atheists that piss them off is, “what do you mean by that?” In an interview with Alex O’Conner he says,
Sure, this pisses off a lot of people, but it also gets some people thinking about what they actually mean. So, there’s your answer: you’re supposed to go back and figure out what you mean. A side benefit is if it pisses you off, maybe I won’t see your writing anymore. I’m pretty annoyed at how the quality of posts has gone down on this website in the past few years.