Is It Going to Rain to Day, Therefore, I'm Going to Wear a Jacket?

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Behind all of this jargon and his just, like, very not accurate description of various cultures myths, there's actually a very interesting insight. What he says is that human beings are responding much more to narratives than they are to science and information. People don't generally change their minds on political issues because of the facts. They change their minds because of people's stories. We filter everything, including ourselves, through stories. I think he's just right here. He's not the only person to be saying this. Of course, sure, i've seen people who've wrtten about this, that have said that. You know, metapho s are also really powerful. So if you think

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Note: In our discussion of Jordan Peterson’s political correctness lecture, I made a sarcastic comment about looking “slim in this dress.” After the episode came out, we started hearing from listeners that my comment reminded them of fatphobic jokes they’d heard in the past and didn’t feel consistent with the message of the show. They were right! It was a bad joke and we've removed it from the episode. We'll be discussing this and our approach to handling feedback and editing past episodes in more detail soon. Thanks to everyone who wrote in to let us know! — Mike

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