[tbw2]

You can click here to go to the video.

[nickcarraway]

Then why do people seitch?

[achilles2000]

Low IQ and Narcissistic Personality Disorder contribute to a tendency toward liberalism. Other than that, political views are too complicated to be identified with genes, and this guy who gets lots of play by being “transgressive” isn’t to be taken all that seriously.

[VanDeKoik]

Genetics?

LOL! What? Dont overthink it, Mr. Peterson. It’s called an ideology not geneticology.

[rlmorel]

He makes some very good points. But I believe Bill Whittle boils it down even better: Bill Whittle recently said in his "What We Believe" videos (which I heartily recommend to anyone identifying as a conservative, and anyone not identified as such who is curious about conservatism. I watched it with two friends last night, and we all wanted to stand up and cheer!) said that when boiled down, universally, conservatives fundamentally believe in three things: 1.) Humans are not perfectable and are flawed by nature 2.) Humans are motivated by self-interest 3.) Human nature does not change dramatically Leftists view this as a selfish, jaded, and cynical outlook. I think it is simply realistic. But one could take the obverse of these (that humans are perfectable and Utopia may be achieved, that Altruism is as powerful a motivator as self-interest, and that human nature may be changed) and define liberalism perfectly, with the accompanying historical confirmation going back hundreds (if not thousands) of years, that those assumptions are inherently dangerous and destructive, and have led to more bloodshed than nearly anything else, at least in the last century or so.

[rlmorel]

(sorry...it lost all my formatting!)

He makes some very good points. But I believe Bill Whittle boils it down even better:

Bill Whittle recently said in his "What We Believe" videos (which I heartily recommend to anyone identifying as a conservative, and anyone not identified as such who is curious about conservatism. I watched it with two friends last night, and we all wanted to stand up and cheer!) said that when boiled down, universally, conservatives fundamentally believe in three things:

1.) Humans are not perfectable and are flawed by nature

2.) Humans are motivated by self-interest

3.) Human nature does not change dramatically

Leftists view this as a selfish, jaded, and cynical outlook. I think it is simply realistic. But one could take the obverse of these (that humans are perfectable and Utopia may be achieved, that Altruism is as powerful a motivator as self-interest, and that human nature may be changed) and define liberalism perfectly, with the accompanying historical confirmation going back hundreds (if not thousands) of years, that those assumptions are inherently dangerous and destructive, and have led to more bloodshed than nearly anything else, at least in the last century or so.

[MarvinStinson]

More modern “science,”

[JGT]

Peterson is an evolutionary psychologist so when he refers to genetics, he is referring to the million plus year process of the development of the primate brain. Unlike Darwin, he doesn't necessarily subscribe to the survival of the fittest; rather his view is closer to the survival of the “functional.” Those qualities that allowed early man to adapt, live and even flourish across time and cultures. Over many millenia, these traits are passed on and refined until we have developed institutions that allow us to place emphasis on those functional qualities that we would now subscribe to as the “good.” Some cultures have developed that to a much greater extent than others. Those founded on the Judeo-Christian ethos (Western Civilization) are the best evolutionary examples of the manifestation of the “functional good.”

[Windflier]

Junk science.

Political beliefs have nothing whatsoever to do with genetics, though I will accept that low IQ can be passed on genetically, which does tend to make one more susceptible to left-liberalism.

[DBrow]

This is one reason Google and spinoffs are so keen to get everyone’s genetic profile.

Part for predictive advertising, part so that politicians can sharpen their messaging and targeting.

And they are having their subjects pay for it!

[HLPhat]

Bullshyte.

[TBP]

I’m not buying this.

[Reddy]

I haven’t watched the video, but sometimes I wonder why I lean heavily towards conservatism and my sibling does not? Another sibling is likeminded, and another is blown by the wind and could be persuaded to be liberal.

It’s very interesting.