This. There Is This. The Interview to End All Interviews.

Dr. Jordan Peterson was “interviewed” on BBC’s Channel 4 News. More like an absurdist’s inquisition, it has become notorious. If you have missed it, watch it now:

Carl “Sargon of Akkad” Benjamin gives a play-​by-​play game summary:

http://​youtu​.be/​P​X​J​e​ghw-cRk

Ben Shapiro weighs in, too:

http://​youtu​.be/​8​E​K​y​IW-jspM

Scott Adams discusses cognitive dissonance and “hallucinations”:

The interview is “all over the Internet,” and you can find lots of video breakdowns and articles. Indeed, an article on Quilette does a great job putting the whole issue into context.

This train wreck of an interview — with only the interviewee coming out unharmed — calls to mind some past collisions where ideologies meet ingloriously. Here is Cenk Uygur’s interview of anti-​feminist researcher Karen Straughan:

And here is the granddaddy of them all, the infamous Bill Buckley/​Gore Vidal snipefest from 1968:

http://​youtu​.be/​Z​Y​_​n​q4tfi24