One image one minute Noble Kelsch

This is an image of Dr. Jordan B. Peterson. He's a Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist, a public speaker and creator of the Self Authoring Program. I first heard of him from an interview he did with a BBC reporter named Cathy Newman. During the interview, I was amazed at the way in which Mrs. Newman conducted herself during the interview. It was like watching a child in the form of Mrs. Newman interviewing a calm adult in the form of Dr. Peterson. One other thing became very apparent. That being her behavior. She seemed to be incapable of actually hearing anything Peterson was saying. Almost as though she was projecting the villain she had imagined him to be over what he was saying and doing and reacting to this delusion in her mind. I got enamored with all of the interviews and teachings of Dr. Peterson. Everything he said seemed to be far below just the regular surface arguments I was used to hearing from the regular political parties. Digging down to what seemed like the closest to the core of the issues he was discussing. At the very least it was apparent that he had put in an immense amount of time and energy into all of the thoughts and beliefs he held. This coupled with the fact that no matter how much of his material I watched, I never heard him contradict himself without a well thought out and seemingly truthful reason. And the advice he gave was not only incredibly quotable, but thought provoking. Things like "In order to think, you have to risk being offensive." From the Newman interview. "I don't think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil." He also helped me in part understand some of my feelings of animosity, not only towards myself but certain social or political movements as well. Specifically third wave feminism, black lives matter, and a portion of the transgender community. As I have a difficult time articulating myself at times when it is required that I answer quickly like during a debate. I was never able to talk to members of these movements without it immediately going into a one sided screaming match with them putting me down with profanities or slurs of any and every kind. And if I disagreed with them I couldn't explain exactly why I thought it was wrong. So I stopped trying. Peterson helped me understand that I need to really think about all of the thoughts that pass through my mind and consider where they came from and why it is that I believe it. To scratch until I feel I've hit the bottom and then keep digging until there's nothing left to dig. And one of the best ways to do that is to look at and listen to and learn from anyone who has an opinion or viewpoint that is the opposite of yours. I mostly do this by watching youtube however as I still find it troubling to attempt any form of political conversation without it devolving quickly. That's what this image and Jordan B. Peterson mean to me.