I last night's show I spoke with controversial Canadian professor Jordan Peterson who was denied a grant for the first time, we started a crowdfunding campaign to help finance his research into political correctness — and made over 265 per cent of our goal!
WATCH as Dr. Peterson gives updates on the campaign, thanks everyone who donated, and explains what will happen next.
I look forward to further updates by Dr. Peterson and wish him well.
I know Dr. Peterson will put the research funds to good use the word is ripe for another Jungian renaissance of reason – understanding onesself before attempting to make sense of the world..
Ezra made it clear that the funding that was raised was because the government refused his grant, not because the research that was being done was favorable to The Rebel’s political views.
Andrew went on to ask, “How do you guarantee impartiality when the pressure is there for the Rebel to “buy results”.”
If there is any pressure to be felt, it is not because of anything The Rebel did or said. Ezra made that clear. The money has no hook or catch to it.
Andrew Stephenson, I return the question to you:
How do you guarantee that the results of a government research grant does not buy a result favorable to the political position of the government currently in office?
After all, Andrew, the government did turn down Dr. Peterson’s grant just after this whole free speech issue arose. He had been receiving research grant money for many years beforehand and the all of a sudden no longer qualified just after this free speech incident occurred. More than coincidence.
So what I am saying, Andrew, is that you are pretending that because it is not government money then it necessarily means that the research money is buying a specific result, therefore tainting the results, and by extension assume that because it is government money therefore there is no bias on the results of the research.
The whole premise of your comment is at fault. The government is not unbiased in the results they expect from research grants.
How do you guarantee impartiality when the pressure is there for the Rebel to “buy results”. Is it ethical to potentially taint a garduate student’s entire career with such a huge potential conflict of interest as may exist with a bunch of right wing lobbyists buying results from a researcher they like?