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Interview with Helen Lewis on culture wars and religion, that Jordan Peterson interview, and gurus generally

Decoding the Gurus

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What Do You Think About Ukraine? Is It a Cultural Anthropologist?

Nyla: "I think there's several key issues lacking in this critique" She says it's fine to have opinions on different things and stuff that is outside of your area of expertise. But the important thing is when having set opinions to make it clear whether you're speaking out of your expertise, Nyla adds.

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Speaker 1
I mean,
Speaker 3
I've been thinking because I feel like you've, you know, you've leapt on that pangry date for a spouse and you've taken the full blast of it. Okay. Well, how do you respond?
Speaker 2
So, so what do I think about that? Well, well, so I think there's several key issues lacking in this critique. So first of all, let me get started point one of 10. So, so first thing is I'm, this is a minor point. It's just a point that I want to make it may speak to the level of research that is involved here. I'm not a cultural anthropologist. I'm a cognitive anthropologist. And Nyla, am I a social anthropologist, which would be closer, but cultural anthropologist, nay. So, so get your, get your anthropologist, smack that correct. That's one thing. So how well is he listening, or? All
Speaker 3
right. All right. But that doesn't, that doesn't detract from his man. That doesn't disturb me. That doesn't distract from his criticism. No, no. A cognitive anthropologist isn't qualified to have independent opinions about Ukraine. Or are they Chris? Or
Speaker 2
are they? Yes, he said what he's gotten wrong here is that our argument is the whole construct of the galaxy, brain dimension. The issue there is not having opinions on different things. It's perfectly fine to have opinions on different things and stuff that is outside of your area of expertise. The important thing is when having set opinions to make it clear whether you're speaking out of your expertise. And now in the case of the nature of consciousness, I think it's been flagged up clearly enough to everyone. But we are not experts in that.

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