Don't fall for Jordan Peterson

Fortunately, most people here in New Zealand*** have probably never heard of Jordan Peterson.  But over the past few years he seems to have become quite the big name in North America.

Sadly, what he is telling people is both wrong and dangerously bad.  Don't let him fool you.

This article by Bernard Schiff is very informative.

Also, P Z Myers has lately been addressing the specific factual errors in Peterson's work.  He's got a video showing Peterson's confusion over lobsters, and another on maps without meaning.

(***It is unclear whether Matt Heath, who occasionally writes opinion pieces at the NZ Herald, has been fooled by Peterson or is writing a deeply ironic article.  I hope it is the latter, though I suspect it is the former.)

UPDATE 6/6/2018: This and this are also useful about Peterson.