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The Jordan Peterson Phenomenon

In this short AMA Michael Shermer answers a single question: \\u201cWhat is your opinion of Jordan Peterson?\\u201d

Dr. Shermer is asked this question in nearly every public appearance he makes, along with regular emails and social media queries he receives. At a November 2018 public event with Richard Dawkins, in the Q&A, he and Shermer received no less than four questions about Jordan Peterson, even though Jordan was not the topic of the dialogue between Dawkins and Shermer.\\xa0Watch that edited clip reel from that dialogue.

Clearly there is much interest in Jordan Peterson and the phenomenon surrounding him, so Dr. Shermer thought he would issue his opinion in the form of an essay he penned for\\xa0Skeptic\\xa0magazine 23.3: \\u201cHave Archetype \\u2014 Will Travel: The Jordan Peterson Phenomenon\\u201d.\\xa0Purchase back issue 23.3 online.

See also Steven Beckner\\u2019s brilliant analysis of Jordan Peterson in the same issue: \\u201cThought Crimes Jordan Peterson and the Meaning of the Meaning of Life\\u201d. (Some have said this is the best and fairest article ever written about Peterson.)

In Science Salon AMA # 3, Dr. Shermer offers a brief summary of his current opinion of Peterson and then reads his essay: \\u201cHave Archetype \\u2014 Will Travel: The Jordan Peterson Phenomenon\\u201d.

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