Jordan Peterson loses government grant for being politically incorrect on an unrelated issue.
(I cannot think of a better example of how communism works than that)
TORONTO — University of Toronto psychology professor Dr. Jordan Peterson has had a federal research grant application denied for the first time in his long and distinguished academic career.
And he’s certain that the rejection from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the government agency that supports post-secondary research, is linked to the controversy surrounding his stand on gender-neutral pronouns such as “zie” and “zher,” and the modern notion of gender as being fluid.
That his application was also rated so poorly is telling, he said, meaning that if the proposal had just missed the mark, it might have been a credible critique, but the proposal failed abysmally.
Julia Gualtieri, spokeswoman for the council, said in an email Monday that grants are awarded through a merit review process, and that “past funding is not a guarantee of further funding.” Names of the peer review committee members will be publicly posted once all applicants have been fully notified, she said. […]
Well before Peterson erupted on to the public consciousness last fall with his YouTube videos questioning the current push for genderless pronouns and gender equity, he was recognized as a respected scientist.
He taught at Harvard University for six years.
His so-called “h-index,” for instance, is considered exceptional.
The h-index is the result of physicist Jorge Hirsch’s attempt to measure the quality of scientists, not just the number of times he or she was published.
In other words, both productivity and impact are measured.
According to Hirsch, after 20 years of research, an h-index of 20 is good, 40 outstanding; Peterson’s score is 49. His total citation count is almost 8,000.
For those not familiar with the brilliant Dr. Peterson, here is a video of a lecture he gave recently in Ottawa, which in today’s climate, thanks to the resurgent totalitarian left, is a brave position to have, but really really should’t be.
Can any reader of this site, find an example of leftist and even openly Marxist profs with 1/4 of the credentials but no problems getting grants?
H/T M.
the left thinks they have won, they think their control of Canada (and many other Western Nations) is strong enough that they can now force them to go full communist. The voters in fly over country managed to avoid that fate for the US, at least for a while, the current scandal of the Obama administration spying on Donald Trump (and probably the other Republicans trying to become President) is going to do a lot of damage to the political establishment and give us a better chance of removing most of the communist bureaucrats and regulations buying time enough for us to find a better long term fix to the Constitution.
When the wheels on this bus of Socialism in the West fall off, and there’s millions of angry fatherless, the Communists will point fingers at the usual suspects..
Excellent lecture by Dr. Peterson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXZSeiAl4PI
But it doesn’t seem to fit with Shigalovism.
Excerpted from “The Possessed” by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Part II Chapter 8
“He’s written a good thing in that manuscript,” Verhovensky went on. “He suggests a system of spying. Every member of the society spies on the others, and it’s his duty to inform against them. Every one belongs to all and all to every one. All are slaves and equal in their slavery. In extreme cases he advocates slander and murder, but the great thing about it is equality. To begin with, the level of education, science, and talents is lowered. A high level of education and science is only possible for great intellects, and they are not wanted. The great intellects have always seized the power and been despots. Great intellects cannot help being despots and they’ve always done more harm than good. They will be banished or put to death. Cicero will have his tongue cut out, Copernicus will have his eyes put out, Shakespeare will be stoned—that’s Shigalovism. Slaves are bound to be equal. There has never been either freedom or equality without despotism, but in the herd there is bound to be equality, and that’s Shigalovism! Ha ha ha! Do you think it strange? I am for Shigalovism.”…
…“Listen, Stavrogin. To level the mountains is a fine idea, not an absurd one. I am for Shigalov. Down with culture. We’ve had enough science! Without science we have material enough to go on for a thousand years, but one must have discipline. The one thing wanting in the world is discipline. The thirst for culture is an aristocratic thirst. The moment you have family ties or love you get the desire for property. We will destroy that desire; we’ll make use of drunkenness, slander, spying; we’ll make use of incredible corruption; we’ll stifle every genius in its infancy. We’ll reduce all to a common denominator! Complete equality!
http://www.online-literature.com/dostoevsky/the-possessed/13/
Give them a chance, they’ll get there.
He’s been deemed an enemy of the state.