Originally Posted by
Burney
I dunno. You have to remember that a lot of them are just plain stupid. I don’t mean that purely as abuse, but as a genuine description of those who lack the cognitive capability to place their ‘ideas’ in any kind of context or examine them with any degree of objectivity. To stupid people, dogma is immensely attractive, since it provides them with an intellectual carapace that serves in lieu of actual thought.
This is why someone like Jordan Peterson has had such an impact. Simply by applying basic intellectual rigour and scrutiny to current dogma, he becomes terrifying to its proponents. They’re intellectually outgunned by the mere examination of ideas. That’s how stupid they are.