In defence of Jordan Peterson on Climate Change

In a recent Joe Rogan podcast (Joe Rogan), Jordan Peterson expressed an idea he has visited before, that climate was not predictable, because the prediction errors “grew like compound interest”.

I admire Jordan Peterson immensely. Hard to prove, of course, but I think him to be the most authoritative public intellectual alive right now. He has been through the fire and back, but he’s still out there, writing books and trying to heal us.

However, he’s an eminent psychologist, not a climate scientist. So, does he deserve the…