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240. Why Free Speech is the Antidote to Ignorance and Corruption | Cambridge University Speech

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Purpose of Thought

The purpose of thought is to let our thoughts die instead of us. The pre frontal cortex grew out of the motor cortex in the course of evolutionary history. Potential actions and perceptions are tried out for potential utility. So they're revealed, in a sense, and then potentially criticised out of existence before you implement them stupidly in behavior and die.

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