Jordan Peterson || Chatting About Human Nature

The Psychology Podcast

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Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode includes a conversation between Dr. Jordan B Peterson and Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman. Dr. Peterson is professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist, and the author of the bestsellers 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos and Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life. Note that this episode originally appeared on the Jordan B Peterson Podcast on June 17, 2021. Topics · Combining cognitive science with the humanistic psychology tradition · Scott’s experience studying IQ and intelligence · The link between openness to experience and mystical experiences · Scott discusses his book Transcend · Self-actualization and The Big Five personality traits · Does increased aggression lead to stable human societal hierarchies? · Jordan and Scott discuss mating patterns among humans · Sex differences towards abuse of power · Mentorship and transcendence · The transition from naivety to cynicism to courage --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, what you're about to listen to is a wide ranging discussion I had with Dr. Jordan
0:21.8	B. Peterson for his podcast, the Jordan B. Peterson podcast.
0:26.4	This episode was recorded on April 13th, 2021 and has already appeared on his podcast.
0:32.6	Dr. Peterson has graciously given me permission to repost it on my own podcast.
0:37.6	Hope you enjoy it and hear the full breadth of interest that we both share as well as
0:43.8	our interest in making society a better place and increasing communication among people
0:49.6	who may disagree with each other.
0:51.4	So that further ado, I bring you my discussion with Dr. Jordan Peterson.
0:56.1	It's good to see you.
0:57.9	We actually have a couple of publications together from a few years back and so but we've
1:03.6	strangely enough never sat down and had a lengthy discussion.
1:07.3	So hopefully today we'll have an opportunity to rectify that.
1:10.1	So first of all, maybe you could tell everyone just exactly what a cognitive scientist
1:15.2	is.
1:16.2	Well, I think the important thing to recognize about cognitive science is it's an interdisciplinary
1:20.6	field.
1:21.6	So it doesn't just involve psychology, but it brings in philosophers and it brings in neuroscientists.
1:27.2	It brings in computer scientists to all kind of sit down at the table and figure out what
1:32.6	is the mind and what are the functions of the human mind?
1:35.8	What are the limits of the human mind?
1:38.6	How does the nervous system represent mind?
1:42.3	So basically everything having to do with mind, but it's very interdisciplinary and that's
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