Late Night Musings On Pick Up Artistry

Jordan Peterson, an interesting cat. After having been a member of TheRedPIll community on reddit for a couple of years I found this clip of his especially interesting. And he has a point. Pick-Up-Artistry is psychopathic. It's a set of behaviours that lead to an end. There is no consideration given to the morality of their behaviours. The simply try to find the shortest path from obscurity to getting a girl into their bed. That's it. So sure it's very machiavellian, psychopathic, it touches on the dark triad personality traits. So what? Is that bad? Maybe.

A psychopathic person is not someone you want to associate with, any more than you need to. But, does that mean that their strategies are not effective? I don't think so. And this is why the ideas of TheRedPill resonate with men as much as they offend women. Men are simply Spocks. We can be emotional creatures, but we flourish when we apply our rationale to the study of a subject. We can be prety pernicious bastards, yet it's that instinct that also represents the best of our sex.

So when all is said and done, yes pick-up-artistry is psychopathic. But that doesn't mean it is inherently bad. A man learning the behaviours that make him appealing to a woman is simply an aspect of his education. (which is often self education in this context). I mean yes, sure Jordan Peterson may be correct in observing that the PUA's he has observed are psychopaths. Sure, the nature of that field is that it highlights certain personality traits that can be easily insulted, but that doesn't mean they are malicious.

Now as a Christian man I do have a lot of issues with the conclusions that TheRedPill and certain pickup personalities come to. cough Tom Torero cough. But I can't hate them. Especially since they offer this information that is often brilliant insights into the psychology of women. Reconciling this isn't easy. But it is possible.

FYI I've had a few drinks as I type this, so I'll probably be editing this over the next day or two, but I want to get something out there so, yeah....Cheers!