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Post published by Gettingbetter23
116 day, on flatline from around day 10 (really). Today i stroke my penis in the shower very softly without thinking on anything sexual for a few seconds just to see if I have recovered any sensitivity. I know this is not recommended by many. I've got a semi instantly and if I would have continued I think it would have got a bit harder easily. Before nofap I wouldn't get anywhere near that hard and that fast even with the most obscure porn. This is the most significant improvement since I started nofap more than 200 days ago. This is working!!! I know the progress is not linear, things may not necessarily be better tomorrow, and who knows how much longer before my PIED is gone but looking back at how things were 200 days ago... oh boy oh boy, I'm getting my life back.
Also, I just finished reading Jordan Peterson's '12 Rules'. I don't agree with 100% of what Jordan Peterson has to say in the videos that I have seen on Youtube, but I do strongly agree with many of the things he says, specially some of the most controversial things. I thought his book was very good (not great). Question to the group, doesn't it bother you when you come across someone who's ideas and work are brilliant but they are religious people? I know through history some of the great minds were religious people but back them science was not what it is today. It seems some how frustrating when in today's world some people still believe this stuff, specially great minds like Jordan Peterson.
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HereAndThere
My main gripe with Peterson was that he is essentially Christian. He said that he "lives his life as if there is God". But he does seem to understand problems that might cause and he refuses to declare himself as religious. Still, i cant help to wonder how many jumps to conclusions or lacks of information were filled by his Christian ideas. Newton was religious too but there is no stench of religion in his equations for motion. I think we can separate good ideas from bad, though that is harder to do with Petersons work than with Newtons. I dont worry to much, academics are consistently the least religious group of people.
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夜神月
You have a twisted view of reality. There are many people both very smart and religious. Everybody holds some contradictory beliefs and a unique outlook on most ideas. It's true that intelligent people usually don't take religion literally, though. So to answer the question, I'm not bothered by religious affiliation of anyone at all. And Peterson sucks.
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Gettingbetter23
夜神月, i don't mean this in a confrontational way, but why do think Peterson sucks? Like I said, I don't agree with everything he has to say but I would not say that he sucks. If anything I think he has a brilliant mind and many of the things he says seem to be true (unpopular, but true).