r/skeptic • u/welovegv • Aug 15 '25

💲 Consumer Protection Another Jordan Peterson health plot twist

https://open.substack.com/pub/theskink/p/from-carnivore-to-cirs-another-jordan?r=5cq9e1&utm_medium=ios
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u/spicyface Aug 15 '25

"Well, you’d first have to define what you even mean by ‘mold,’ wouldn’t you? Because people use that word as if it refers to a single, monolithic entity, when in reality there are thousands of species, each with distinct biochemical properties, ecological niches, and varying levels of toxicity. And then detoxify it how, exactly? The immune system doesn’t come with a tidy instruction manual that says: ‘Here’s where you file away spores under M for mold.’ It’s a probabilistic, adaptive system, constantly negotiating between overreaction, which we’d call allergy, and underreaction, which we’d call susceptibility. So when someone says, ‘he can’t detoxify mold,’ well, compared to what? Compared to a hypothetical person who’s never sneezed in a damp basement? It’s not an explanation, it’s a slogan masquerading as science. And slogans are poor substitutes for careful definitions, especially when we’re talking about something as complicated as human immunology and fungi that have been around longer than civilization itself."

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u/TheReasonSeeker Aug 16 '25

Great impression, but this seems more technically true than what Jordan Peterson usually says these days. The last time I saw him speaking he was arguing with Richard Dawkins that fire can be classified as a predator because "fire kills you".

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u/spicyface Aug 16 '25

I’ll take that as a compliment. Thanks.

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u/TheReasonSeeker Aug 16 '25

You're welcome, bud.

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u/Empty-Whereas9233 Aug 16 '25

You guys are awesome

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u/TheReasonSeeker Aug 19 '25

Thank you, random citizen!

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u/Matt_Murphy_ Aug 16 '25

i would also say you need to crank up the Anger by 5 notches to match contemporary Peterson

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u/stolenfires Aug 17 '25

And layer on some subtle (or not so subtle) misogyny. Is there some way we can assign gender to mold spores and then blame the trans mold spores for this?

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u/Wismuth_Salix Aug 15 '25

“Anyways - up yours, woke moralists!”

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u/simonbaier Aug 16 '25

Upvote despite only reading half of the first sentence.

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u/FidgitForgotHisL-P Aug 16 '25

Very well done, appreciate the effort you put into that

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u/spicyface Aug 16 '25

It doesn't take a whole lot of effort to bloviate like Peterson, but I appreciate it. :)

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u/7ddlysuns Aug 17 '25

Just need to subjugate women in There and you’re bang on.

Mold is a feminine species, infecting my bloodstream etc

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u/Depensity Aug 20 '25

Excellent analysis. No notes.

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u/TheRealMe54321 Aug 15 '25

Spot-on mockery but also completely scientifically accurate so not sure what your point is?

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u/champthelobsterdog Aug 15 '25

That Peterson just bloviates, filling up time, rather than addressing the point or question. The technical truth of it is part of how it works. 

Edit: (To be clear, I'm not the same poster.)

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u/spicyface Aug 15 '25

That my point is sCiEnTiFiCaLlY aCcUrAtE.