Animals are models the world the live in (of environments): birds and atmosphere, stick insect.Genetic code resonates with ancient environments.

What Dawkins managed to slip in the conversation

<ul><li>Stick to one idea.</li><li>You are drunk on symbols.</li><li>Are we talking archetypes now?</li><li>Yes, there are trees in the world.</li><li>You are rattling around again.</li><li>You think that our consciousness can perceive our micro level existence at a cellular level?</li><li>That has to be utter non sense.</li><li>I believe you had such an experience (drugs)!</li><li>But you are an educated man that knows about DNA (vs.  primitive people0.</li><li>I don't know if I care to much about that.</li><li>That's not what we're talking about.</li><li>I don't think that's relevant.</li></ul>

Dawkins annoyed comments to Peterson:

Dr. Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, theorist, and one of the world’s foremost atheists. In this episode, Dr. Dawkins and I discuss religion, psychedelics, consciousness, symbolism, postmodernism, and the importance of objective truth. —Links— To follow Dawkins on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins Website: https://richarddawkins.com/ Read Dawkins’ articles: https://richarddawkins.com/articles To donate to the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science: https://richarddawkins.net/donate —Chapters— [0:00] Intro [1:30] Jordan’s rise to fame, Bill C-16, and free speech [5:30] Intimidation and fear of speaking out against the far left [9:10] Micro retreats [11:40] Dawkins’ paper about the organism as a model [18:30] Female sexual selection [21:10] Differences between Jordan's and Dr. Dawkins' thinking [24:00] Jeffrey Gray's work on modeling, psychedelics, and anxiety [30:00] Psychedelics, symbolism, and consciousness [41:00] Jordan’s experiences with psilocybin and yoga [45:40] Postmodernism, Lacan, Foucault, and Mikhaila’s Oxford Union debate [52:30] Jordan addresses Dawkins' assertion that despite being against postmodernist thinking he at times utilizes symbolism to speculate in a way which is similar to them. [53:50] Finding commonality between myths and symbols across cultures [55:50] False pattern recognition and revelatory thoughts [59:20] Objective truth and the scientific process [1:07:10] Unpleasant or dangerous truths [1:08:10] The metaphysical vision of the redeeming power of truth [1:10:10] Jordan and Dawkins discuss the idea that a narrative drives the process of inquiry, even in regards to objective truth [1:12:50] Humans’ ability to understand difficult concepts on a biological level [1:16:10] Question: Do you identify the religious impulse with the totalitarian proclivity for dogmatic certainty and the potential acceleration of aggression and atrocity as a consequence? [1:20:10] Question: To what degree do you think that consciousness operates as a fundamental mechanism of selection and shaping? [1:23:00] Artificial intelligence and the metaphysical significance of consciousness // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Newsletter: https://linktr.ee/DrJordanBPeterson Premium Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.supercast.com/ Donations: https://jordanbpeterson.com/donate // COURSES // Discovering Personality: https://jordanbpeterson.com/personality Self Authoring Suite: https://selfauthoring.com Understand Myself (personality test): https://understandmyself.com // BOOKS // Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life: https://jordanbpeterson.com/Beyond-Order 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning // LINKS // Website: https://jordanbpeterson.com Events: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/podcast // SOCIAL // Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Instagram: https://instagram.com/jordan.b.peterson Facebook: https://facebook.com/drjordanpeterson Telegram: https://t.me/DrJordanPeterson

I was looking forward to this talk, but it came out to be a Peterson's rant which allowed no space for Dawkins. I found it impossible to follow, but I loved Dawkins  nasty comments trying to put Peterson on a certain path of thought.

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Dr. Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, theorist, and one of the world’s foremost atheists. 
In this episode, Dr. Dawkins and I discuss religion, psychedelics, consciousness, symbolism, postmodernism, and the importance of objective truth. 

—Links—
To follow Dawkins on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins
Website: https://richarddawkins.com/ 
Read Dawkins’ articles: https://richarddawkins.com/articles
To donate to the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science: https://richarddawkins.net/donate

—Chapters—
[0:00] Intro 
[1:30] Jordan’s rise to fame, Bill C-16, and free speech
[5:30] Intimidation and fear of speaking out against the far left
[9:10]  Micro retreats
[11:40] Dawkins’ paper about the organism as a model
[18:30] Female sexual selection
[21:10] Differences between Jordan's and Dr. Dawkins' thinking 
[24:00] Jeffrey Gray's work on modeling, psychedelics, and anxiety
[30:00] Psychedelics, symbolism, and consciousness 
[41:00] Jordan’s experiences with psilocybin and yoga 
[45:40] Postmodernism, Lacan, Foucault, and Mikhaila’s Oxford Union debate 
[52:30] Jordan addresses Dawkins' assertion that despite being against postmodernist thinking he at times utilizes symbolism to speculate in a way which is similar to them.
[53:50] Finding commonality between myths and symbols across cultures 
[55:50] False pattern recognition and revelatory thoughts
[59:20] Objective truth and the scientific process
[1:07:10] Unpleasant or dangerous truths 
[1:08:10] The metaphysical vision of the redeeming power of truth
[1:10:10] Jordan and Dawkins discuss the idea that a narrative drives the process of inquiry, even in regards to objective truth
[1:12:50] Humans’ ability to understand difficult concepts on a biological level
[1:16:10] Question: Do you identify the religious impulse with the totalitarian proclivity for dogmatic certainty and the potential acceleration of aggression and atrocity as a consequence? 
[1:20:10] Question: To what degree do you think that consciousness operates as a fundamental mechanism of selection and shaping?
[1:23:00] Artificial intelligence and the metaphysical significance of consciousness

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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life
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Richard Dawkins & Jordan Peterson Discuss Psychedelics, Consciousness, and Artificial Intelligence

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