Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "1News" channel.

@Joel Smith I don't want you to misunderstand my meaning and I don't intend this as a criticism but you are the reason that you live in a shithole world. I live in this world, too and I don't see it that way it all. It's a tough world. That's incontrovertible, but that's what makes it worth living in. There's satisfaction in the fight to succeed and there's joy in seeing the wonder in the world and there's so much to wonder at. It's the attitude you carry with you. It's not the world at all.
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@flowerpink724 I'll tell you why. He makes you think. He isn't always right but he challenges your brain. Great thinkers make YOU think. He does that more than anyone else that I've ever encountered. Too many are just out to debunk. Cynicism stifles thought and innovations. If you want to gain any value from his work, you have to follow what he's saying and then challenge yourself to see how you can counter or confirm what he's offering. I wish he'd been around 30 years ago when I was young. Just the inspiration to read and comprehend his reading list and then construct my own would have brought such satisfaction to my life. Not because I agree with what he says but because he's opened my mind to so many new ideas.
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@tookiejones9765 A pop psychologist that has B.A. in political science, a B.A. in psychology, a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at McGill University, one of the most prestigious Universities in the world and then went on to teach at Harvard, another world class University, as an Associate Professor and took part in clinical research. He then gain a full tenured position as a Professor at the University of Toronto, while maintaining a clinical practise. On top of this, he's read most of the greatest writers of philosophy, religion, science and literature ever written. Yeah......pop psychology. Instead of attacking him, why don't you try to discuss the topics that interest him. You know, use the intellect that you're supposed to have been born with. Doesn't take much intellectual thought to attack people and call them names. I did that in the school yard when I was 8.
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@jynxmangrove1769 The best teachers are also the best thinkers. You can't learn unless you think and a good teacher is one whose life habits and abilities inspire you to emulate their path to learning. You won't think and from there you won't learn from a dullard, someone you can't respect.
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@classiqueliberal8576 We're all different and she may be quite happy with her life when that time comes. It's normal to wonder about it though. Life and attitudes change. She's not the person now that she will be 15 years from now.
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@MrYakub-il4zq I'm 67. Not really old and still hope I have lots of time to learn but it would have been nice to have that type of inspiration when I was young. I said 30 years ago but 45 years would have even been better, but, no regrets. I'l check that Macdonald reference out. Thanks.
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@steven5054 This isn't a contest you know. "If he's not the greatest, he's not worth listening to kind" of dismissal academics. Peterson wasn't even born until Ellis was 39 years old and he earned his Ph.D when Ellis was in his late seventies. Sort of had a head start. None of that is irrelevant, however. For thousands of years, our ancestors were deep into ancestral worship and veneration, conservatism to the core. They weren't a bunch of illiterate troglodytes and there is a lot to learn from them. They did learn to survive in a hostile world and helped to build our civilisation to what it is now. The past isn't our enemy. There's a lot to learn from it, including why religion has been the driving force in human history, all over the planet in every culture that we've ever heard of. Unless you believe that they were a bunch of trogs. Not a very insightful belief, however.
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@beyamoth Such an easy claim to make. "He don't know s--t". Then pack up and go home. The comment of the internet dullard.
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@beyamoth His book "Maps of Meaning" is a very comprehensive look at how people have used myth and emotion and combined that with psychology, philosophy and evolutionary science to try to show how people have tried to find structure in their lives. This comes from a lot of different inspirations and it's a different way of looking at the human psyche. I haven't read the book but I have listened to most of the lectures and he has some fascinating ideas. I will read it this summer and I'm sure it will be more fascinating than the lectures. He's had both good and bad reviews on it in top psychology magazines so even his some of his contemporaries find it interesting.
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@Stefan S Another person that completely misrepresents what he is saying. He's saying that when you're young, like university students are, or you're having deep problems, it's crazy to think that you can fix the world right off the bat. You start by fixing yourself, the individual, and that you're not much good to anyone if you're no good to yourself. "Clean your room" is as much a metaphor as it is a practical way to express the idea that you start small and from there you work your way out to help your immediate family and from there you slowly work your way out into the world. I don't even know what you mean by "deep shit" trouble we're in or how lone wolfism is how we got here. The west is the richest, most successful, society in human history. Extremely low child mortality rates, high life expectancy, best health care, education and economic opportunities in history and it is all predicated on the idea that each individual is allowed the freedom to express themselves as individuals and to set a course for themselves that maximises their talents as humans in a community. You have the attitude of one that sees negativity in everything. Life is difficult and is for every living creature on the planet and it has always been that way. Most of us, in the west, live a live style unprecedented in history and so many of us have no appreciation on how good we have it.
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@beyamoth What he's saying when he's on tour are the more practical aspects of his books. He's breaking it down so it can have meaning to the ordinary person. He's not going to go deep into his "Maps of Meaning" ideas. That would only accomplish a lot of head scratching by a layman and help no one. His tours aren't meant to get deep into his ideas but there are a great many people that have the intelligence to dig deeper into those ideas and he responds in the best way he can so it is understandable to everyone. He's tied a lot of academic disciplines together and it was a road that took him years to unravel. "Maps of Meaning" took 13 years to write. It's not an easy read or easy to follow.
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@classiqueliberal8576 I think I'd have to agree with you there, although this isn't just a news story. It's a special interest story, too. It depends a lot on her motive. She may have been caught up in the conversation and even struggling with it at her age. It's not often you get to take advantage of the advice of such an eminent psychologist, after all. LOL. Over all, though, you're right about biased journalism, these days. It sucks big time.
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@beyamoth Yet he's helped countless people with their lives, wrote best selling books, has done hundreds of lectures on line, has read all the greatest and most important literature that's been written and available over the last couple of thousand years ans shared what he's learned with the rest of us....yet he contributed nothing. Hundreds of thousands think otherwise. Only one that has been cursed with the Dunning-Kruger effect would have the arrogance to say something as cynical as you have. If you're so wise, why aren't you contributing something to society. We need people with the wisdom of the ages to teach us poor dumb folk true knowledge. You'll have to give up your job as an cyber warrior though. That should be a big cut in pay.
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Tiktaalik That DNA claim of Peterson is one that people always use to discredit him. It's a childish interpretation of what he's actually saying. He's referring to symbols that people have always used, all over the world, to express certain ideas and that it might have its roots in our psyche, sort of like a Mandelbrot set. He doesn't go into it in depth but he has said that it is a consistent part of a deep psychedelic state and he thinks that there may be a reason for it. He isn't implying that the ancients understood the structure of DNA, at all. That's something only the truly cynical would say. He's someone who's to deeply ingrained is science to say something stupid like Egyptians knew about DNA. I'd have to have a reference to his saying that there are ghosts in the trunk of his car. I googled it and came up with nothing. The only thing I saw was an idea that he had that ghosts were representative of the unknown. That's it.
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@zikebucan1785 Another who spouts insults and has no time to have any type on meaningful conversation. An internet troll. The big mouth who hurls insults from a moving car.
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faultroy My grandfather? You act as if you know me. My one grandfather died when I was a year old. He didn't get to teach me a lot. My other grandfather suffered a severe stroke when he was 29 years old. He wasn't found for almost 5 hours and had severe brain trauma from which he never recovered. He spent his entire life in an institution unable to even feed himself. He lived in Europe and although I never met him, he wouldn't have been able to say anything to me, anyway. So, there goes you theory about me being that moronic that I wouldn't even listen to my grandfather. You're a rather presumptuous jerk, do you know that? Also, I wasn't talking about a work ethic. I grew up on a farm and I know all about working hard. My dad used to tell me and my brother to be grateful that we were Christian folk because it were up to him, we'd work Sundays, too. Another example of you being a presumptuous jerk. Also, when I was young, I did enjoy reading a lot but my dad didn't see much worth to it and quite actively discouraged me from it....and I mean actively. I still read but I didn't do it so people knew that I was deeply involved so I never was able to encounter anyone that could inspire me in the way that others were. I had work to do and I rather enjoyed working anyway. However, I wish I had developed that side of my personality as well. I did when I was in public school but ran into that brick wall called dad and responsibility when I was older. Another example of you being a presumptuous jerk.
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Tiktaalik If you're one to think that evolution is BS, then there isn't much point in even talking to you. You have your own belief system that you will steadfastly defend, no matter what. Your belief system obligates you to discredit him. Either that or give it up and you're not going to do that. I asked for a reference to his ghost story. I have no idea on how to find this "H2" interview. Not much of a reference.
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Tiktaalik One newspaper article that has its problems with it. Yet that very article mentions others that have glowing reviews on the book. Cherry picking at its best. More to the point, it's a left wing magazine and cannot abide any idea that smacks of conservatism. Biased to the neck. It's like asking an atheist what he thinks of original sin. He'll start with the premise that it's BS. You'll not get an insightful opinion on the principle other than the "It's BS" response.
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@steven5054 There you go. Another one that attacks the person but doesn't bother with the ideas he's presenting. You'd make a great debater with that tactic.
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