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Famed clinical psychologist and two-time author Dr. Jordan Peterson warned the graduates of Hillsdale College in Michigan on Saturday about the devil at the crossroads during his countercultural commencement address.

After thunderous and sustained applause, Peterson told the graduating class they are at a crossroads in life.

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A crossroads the metaphor works because you make a decision, he said. You go one direction or another. Theres an old blues idea that you meet the devil at the crossroads. I always wondered why that was I found it true. Its a really compelling idea. Its an image that has a good narrative fit, and it sticks in your memory once you hear it.

Its milestones like graduation, the 59-year-old mused, where people are forced to examine their consciences.

Why do you meet the devil at the crossroads? he asked rhetorically. And the answer is, most fundamentally, because when you come to a place in your life where you have to make a choice you aim up or down. And there is always an agent of temptation at every choice point, enticing you to aim down.

Peterson then turned to Scripture to explain how sin which he defined as missing the mark factors into the crossroads that punctuate people's lives.

To paint a word picture of aiming down, he referenced the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Cains sacrifices, he said, were not everything that they could be and not in the service of the highest good. He added that, when people make insufficient sacrifices, we believe in the deepest part of ourselves that weve pulled one over God.

Peterson noted the English word sin found throughout the Old and New Testaments of the Bible comes from the Hebrew word khata, which is roughly translated as to fail or to miss the goal.

It implies that it has something to do with aim or the lack thereof, explained Peterson. I love that. Theres a variety of ways you can miss the mark, right? Dont aim at all thats a good one. Assume there is no such thing as aim. Assume all aims are equal.

Run From Pridefulness

One of the biggest obstacles that cause people to miss the mark repeatedly, he said, is pride.

Again, Peterson turned to Scripture, this time referencing the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11, when, after the Flood, Noahs descendantswere overcome with prideand sought to build a structure to reach the heavens, failing to follow the Lords commandment to fill the earth (Genesis 1:28).

Its a continual temptation for human beings to build complex organizations that get too high, said Peterson. So what does that mean? How about too many layers? Not local enough, not distributed enough, right? Too separate from the people that they serve. Its also a Luciferian story. Lucifer is this spirit of intellect the light-bringer whos flown too high and challenges God Himself, and falls. Its a symbol of prideful intellect. And it is the prideful intellect that raises itself up against what is most properly placed at the highest place which is what God is.

Im very opposed to the idea that the fundamental human motivation is power which is pretty much what every student is taught at every level of their education, in every educational institution except a handful across your country, he continued. Its such a dismal philosophy. You could not formulate a more pathological philosophy. It obliterates your faith in society, and it eradicates the notion of the individual. It removes the notion of good faith and goodwill, and it makes communication impossible.

Rather than allowing arrogance to disturb ones aim, Peterson told the graduates they should see the pursuit of what is right and good as practical.

By practicing any good in any rigorous sense, and making the proper sacrifices in that direction, you simultaneously learn to approach the good that is the sum or the essence of all those proximal goods, he told them. The essential insistence in Christianity is that the good that unites all those goods is the same good thats reflected in the image of Christ, which is an image of acceptance of the suffering of life, and the necessity of serving the lowest as the highest calling.

The truth of Jesus, he added might be more true than anything else.

Faith Is Courageous

In what is certainly a countercultural message, Peterson a great intellect in his own right esteemed the graduates to disabuse themselves of the secular suggestion that having faith means abandoning logic and reason.

The world will tell people faith is a form of weakness because it implies an unwillingness to contend with that which cannot be explained, the difficult and dark corners of life. Peterson, however, told the Hillsdale students he doesnt believe that is the case.

One of the things Ive thought a lot about in relationship to faith we have this idea, and its not a good idea, and its certainly an idea for which religious people are often pilloried that faith means the sacrifice of reason and the willingness to believe things that are patently not true, he said. [I] dont think thats what faith is at all in some fundamental sense. I think faith is a form of courage.

If youre hurt by life and you will be its understandable that you might react in a nihilistic and hopeless fashion, the psychologist continued. [A]nd I think part of what helps you through that is faith. And part of that faith is that its incumbent on you to maintain faith in the fundamental goodness of existence, including your own, despite the evidence to the contrary.

When one faces trials, Peterson said he or she ought not to give in to despair. Instead, those staring down a difficult crossroads should rise up in courage and see if you can resist going down the wrong path.

Its better for you, and its better for the people around you, he said.

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A clip from Joe Rogan Experience featuring Yeonmi Park has been making rounds on the internet. The Spotify podcast host can be seen quoting the words of a clinical psychologist, Jordan B Peterson. Rogan endorsed his thoughts and backed his claims about men being monsters.

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Rising UFC welterweight contender, Khamzat Chimaevs head coach Andreas Michael shared this same message again on Instagram. He suggested that this mindset has caused him a lot of unrest in Sweden, as it draws a lot of flack from his peers. Being an elite boxer and coach, he believes in bringing out the best in his pupil, which requires going against the system.

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He agreed with UFC Icon, Joe Rogan, and stated that it took him a lot of courage to walk this path all alone. Michael even dubbed it a weak-minded ideology and challenged it to produce the same result as his team has.

He backed Petersons views and said, Being an elite athlete that competes against the best in the WOOOORRLLD you have to be a monster! If youre not, you get beaten by monsters! And even being a monster is not enough. You have to be able to handle success and glory which brings its own problems.

Michael added, I dont waste my time on anything that dont give me 100% and then some. Having fun being fragile is nonexistent. We do what we have to when we have to for the WIN! Hard People create glorious times. Weak people create nearly and almost!

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Further highlighting his struggles as a coach, he claimed that he simply doesnt have time for weakness and excuses. The pathway to becoming great cannot be painless and without its own fair share of hurdles.

Peterson suggested that men should not be docile, and weak, and it should not become a virtue. Rogan disagreed with the general opinion and said, No, you should be a monster. You should be ruthlessly ambitious and then learn how to control it. Its that old expression. It is better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.

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During a conversation with Jordan Peterson, Poilievre accused Trudeau of invoking the act because he was 'angry' about being personally targeted by Freedom Convoy protesters

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Conservative leadership hopeful Pierre Poilievre says he is consulting with legal experts to find a way to curtail the federal Emergencies Act to prevent it from being used for political purposes like during the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa.

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Im consulting with legal scholars on how we can curtail the power and limit the use of the Emergencies Act in the future, Poilievre said during an hour-and-a-half conversation with media personality and former University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson uploaded to social media Monday.

But I do think we need to craft changes to the act that will prevent it from being abused for political purposes like this again, he added.

Poilievre was referring to how the Justin Trudeau Liberals controversially invoked the Emergencies Act in February, granting government and police forces new and exceptional powers to quash the Freedom Convoy blockades that closed down some U.S. border crossings and clogged the streets of downtown Ottawa for weeks.

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The Act namely allowed police to force tow truck operators to move against blockading vehicles, but also gave government the ability to freeze financial accounts tied to convoy participants.

The act was revoked nine days later after a three-day police operation cleared the streets of Ottawa and led to hundreds of arrests. The citys police chief repeatedly said the protests were illegal and amounted to a siege of the national capital.

The Liberals have since argued they had no choice but to invoke the powers to put an end to the blockades, which they say were crippling the economy to the tune of $390 million per day in lost trade.

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But critics, including civil liberties groups, experts and opposition parties such as the Conservatives, have accused the Liberals of overstepping the boundary and wielding excessive force by invoking the act.

During the conversation with Peterson, Poilievre accused Trudeau of invoking the act because he was angry about being personally targeted by the protesters and wanted to avoid facing the political consequences of a democratic protest.

He also wanted to be as malicious as possible to deter any similar protests, Poilievre said.

The Conservative MP did not detail how an eventual Poilievre government would curtail the Emergencies Act, but he insisted that it had to be done carefully because he did see a purpose for those powers in certain extreme cases.

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I want to be very careful though in how I do it because, you know, this is an incredibly blunt instrument. But in times of war for foreign attack or something like that, you can understand why there might be an occasion where these powers might be needed, he told Peterson.

You would think that it would be used in a case where there was a foreign invasion, or a monstrous terrorist attack, or something of that magnitude, he also said.

That was far from Poilievres only attack on Trudeau and his government during the wide-ranging interview that covered issues like freedom, media funding,

Poilievre called Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault a total nut that is bonkers, accusing him of being against nuclear energy as well as oil and gas.

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When asked by Peterson what he thought about the prime minister, Poilievre immediately called Trudeau an egomaniac who takes power away from individuals or families and instead gives it to the government.

He also likened Trudeau to French king Louis XIV, who ruled for over 70 years and was known for his lust for power.

I think hes an egomaniac, and I think everything he does comes back to his egomania, Poilievre said. If you really think about his expansionistic role of the State, it never comes back to serving an individual objective other than to make him more powerful or his legacy more grand.

He believes the State has to be everywhere always. Thats because, as King Louis would say, Ltat cest moi, he added. The State is him.

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Yes. Jordan Peterson talks to Roger Penrose about that:

Dr. Peterson recently traveled to the UK for a series of lectures at the highly esteemed Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. This conversation was recorded during that period with Sir Roger Penrose, a British mathematical physicist who was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that black hole formation is a robust predictor of Einsteins general relativity. Moderated by Dr. Stephen Blackwood.

___________ Chapters ___________ [0:00]

Intro [1:00] Is Consciousness Computational?

[3:20] Turing Machines

[6:30] Determinism & the Arrow of Time

[12:15] Consciousness & Reductionism

[17:30] Emergent Randomness & Evolution

[23:00] The Tiling Problem, Computation, & AI

[29:30] Escher, Brains, Bach

[39:00] Pattern Recognition & Intuition

[45:30] Mathematical Representations & the Physical World

[54:00] Collapsing Schrodingers Equation

[1:00:00] Consciousness-Independent Reality

[1:07:00] Black Holes & Time Horizons

[1:15:00] Einsteins Biggest Mistake

[1:27:00] Meaning & Consciousness

[1:39:00] Hawking Spots: Potential

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Simone Biles impact on mental health continues to reverberate

Olympic gymnast Simone Biles removed herself from competition in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. She had no idea the impact that decision would make in the conversation around mental health.

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"Don't try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you," sensational music icon Beyonc (aka Queen B), an artist who has resonated with millions of people, has stated. Her fans embody her messages of self-love, confidence, and motivation as they intertwine it into their own lives.

The black hole of media and societal standards is hard to escape, yet influencers can be truly inspirational when channeled in a positive light.

My primary inspiration comes from artists, Stevie Nicks and Freddie Mercury, Ive taken their vibes and fashion and have worked to construe such into my own life while also adding some of my own pizzazz along the way.

Through such fashion ranging from platform shoes to vibrantly colored jackets, Ive been able to secure a stronger sense of self and willingness to live my life unapologetically.

When translated in a healthy way the influence of public figures is crucially impactful to a persons life and becoming their true, authentic self.

Before the concept of rectangular hand sized devices were even brought to fruition, public heads and movements were prevalent. During the height of WW2, Rosie the Riveter was a key contributor in women empowerment as they found themselves flourishing in jobs previously designated to men, which opened the narrative that they were capable of much more than just their limitations.

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Throughout the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. set on a voyage for racial justice and equality, hand in hand with the Civil Rights Movement. He set the stage for black voices to feel empowered, worthy, and loved.

Along similar timelines, Marsha P. Johnson, the acclaimed Black drag queen and activist, was a prevailing figure during the Stonewall Riots of 1969. Her bravery and fierceness as she triumphed for LGBTQ+ acknowledgment and rights echoed throughout the nation and pushed advocates to keep working towards liberation.

In the world of athletics, Simone Biles spoke out about her battle with mental health after the 2020 Summer Olympics, breaking down the stigmatization of it. Despite the risks of being deemed weak or making excuses, Biles anchored a new conversation of change to young athletes that there is such a realness in pressure and addressing, educating, and growing from it is essential.

Roman Craig, a junior at Souderton Area High School and member of Teen Takes, holds a major admiration towards the encapsulation of the '90s and alternative communities. Especially Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of the band Green Day, who they discovered in middle school as they were immediately attracted to their eccentric attitude. Craig finds that the band's energy on stage and its authenticity makes it hold a commendable influence.

Green Day opened the doors to the punk rock scene and cultivated a new audience of inspiration. Even in times of darkness and confusion, Green Day was an outlet for Craig to triumph against adversity and fight against toxic forces. Their influence has allowed for Craig and an abundance of others to stand up for themselves, take every opportunity that comes their way, and not let the negative outfielders push them down.

Another fellow Teen Takes writer, Jason Hampton, a senior at Lenape High School, resonates with Jordan Peterson, a clinical psychologist whose YouTube videos have allowed for Hampton to maintain a hearty outlook on life and further engineer his passion of becoming a psychologist. Petersons ability to associate his intelligence with his opinions and remain fluent in discussing the current state of society is a quality that Hampton believes is leaving a productive influence on the world.

Bouncing off the social suaveness of Peterson, Hampton hopes to in his own life become a more well-thought out and well-spoken public speaker.

From international popstars to groundbreaking entrepreneurs, the world is full of monumental figures. Influencers set sail by positively affecting individuals ability to embody who they are and the change they want to pioneer.

An influencer could be anyone who makes the world a better place: family, mail carriers, health care providers, teachers. Why, in fact, you may even just be one yourself.

Be the influence you want to see in the world.

Brooke Dougherty is a junior at Central Bucks East High School.Her motto in life is to keep smiling and stay positive, and she wants to share that message with Teen Takes readers.

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