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The Main Themes: 12 Rules for Life

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Tree Cat Snake Bird Is Predator, Right?

The circuit we use to protect ourselves against the terrible things of the unknown is grounded in the same circuit that we used to detect and protect ourselves against predatory reptiles for a 60 million year period, something like that. Most main stream neura scientists wouldn't accept this relationship but i talk to some pretty good neuro scientists whor who were on board with the idea as well. I mean, the symbolic element to the symbical element of it is something that most main stream neuroscientists wouldn't accept. But that's usually because hey don't know anything at all about symbolism, so it's not part of their view.

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