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Isn't "No but I act as if I believe" a dissociation?

Hi! You are always teaching us the importance of having your actions aligned with what you believe so that there is no dissociation between them. But when someone asks you if you believe in God you say "no but I act as if I believe". How is this different from a discontinuity between action and belief?

Unidimensional personality

Dear Dr Peterson, I took the Understand Myself Personality Test and have been surprised to see that I am exceptionally high in openess, and moderately low or average in every other dimensions. It seems to be the source of my difficulty to match my personality and my environment. Is there such a thing as a unidimensional personality ? Or am I just obsessed and flawed ? What are the implications of having a unidimensional personality ?

Puerto Rico contraceptive Guinea pigs

1. https://www.history.com/news/birth-control-pill-history-puerto-rico-enovid 2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/09/guinea-pigs-or-pioneers-how-puerto-rican-women-were-used-to-test-the-birth-control-pill/

Puerto Rico contraceptive I experimented

I’ve been trying to upload on YouTube all the links for this but, they keep blocking them. Nobody wants to talk about the human rights violations by the US Federal Government. Do you know anything about that? I’ll keep trying to get you the links.

Vaccine hesitant - let the friendships burn off?

I’m unvaccinated for covid and for a variety of reasons am very wary of these experimental vaccines. Some of my liberal, well-educated peers - including friends and family - who know my status - think I’m crazy, and in many cases seem to be angry, vengeful and barely tolerate me and in many cases start questioning if I’ve become a Trumper who thinks Covid is a hoax, which is not the case. You’ve talked about how we have to let parts of ourselves that are not or are no longer useful to us die off, even if there’s not much that remains. Is it the same with one’s community and friends and family in a situation like this? I want to salvage these relationships that I’ve built over many years with people who used to be reasonable and caring. But some of them seem possessed and crazed and illogical in their attitude towards me. Do I just let them go or wait it out and hope they regain their sanity?