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Peterson, Pinker, IDW and other celeb bullshitters

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:54 pm
by pipbarber
We need a thread for this batshit bunch and Jordan Peterson is a good a place to start as any.

Via PZ Myers
He and his publisher spattered the back cover of his latest book, Beyond Order, with blurbs from reviewers that praised it highly…or did they?

Another objection came from The Times reviewer James Marriott, because the blurb included from his review quoted him calling the book “A philosophy of the meaning of life… the most lucid and touching prose Peterson has ever written.”

In a now-deleted X post, Marriott noted that the ellipse covered up that his full sentence was “A philosophy of the meaning of life which is bonkers.”

“My review of this mad book was probably the most negative thing I have ever written,” Marriott said. He later added that he was amused by the situation, “Though my amusement is tinged with annoyance at being misrepresented to the tens of thousands of people who will buy that book in paperback.
There are other misrepresentations in the back cover reviews to amuse.
https://www.mediaite.com/print/book-rev ... d-glowing/

It says so much that he's reduced to such pathetic tactics just to flog a few copies of some bullshit book.

Re: Peterson, Pinker, IDW and other celeb bullshitters

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 1:00 pm
by Irrev-Black
@pipbarber - along the lines of
- Dear Sir: I thank you for sending me a copy of your book, which I shall waste no time in reading.
-- Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

Re: Peterson, Pinker, IDW and other celeb bullshitters

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 2:09 pm
by joele
ohh boy, kind of funny, but not going to do any good.

If anything it just gives him more to whinge about and point to in order to declare himself a victim.
An Ontario court ruled against psychologist and media personality Jordan Peterson Wednesday, and upheld a regulatory body's order that he take social media training in the wake of complaints about his controversial online posts and statements.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ ... -1.6943845

Re: Peterson, Pinker, IDW and other celeb bullshitters

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 2:23 pm
by Loki
"I like to think and we think by talking in large part."
There's ur problem.

Re: Peterson, Pinker, IDW and other celeb bullshitters

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:15 pm
by pipbarber
Loki wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 2:23 pm
"I like to think and we think by talking in large part."
There's ur problem.
This would explain his books, he must dictate them.

Re: Peterson, Pinker, IDW and other celeb bullshitters

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:59 pm
by Loki
pipbarber wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:15 pm
Loki wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 2:23 pm
"I like to think and we think by talking in large part."
There's ur problem.
This would explain his books, he must dictate them.
Ah yes, that well worn literary method.

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