Peterson Claims Richard Dawkins Unknowingly Affirmed Medieval Christian Soul Theory

What was said

"There was a medieval conceit among Christians hundreds of years ago that the human soul was a microcosm. And your proposition as an evolutionary biologist is that you can't adapt to an environment that you're not a microcosmic replica of. That's exactly the same claim that the Christians made."

Peterson revealed correspondence with atheist Richard Dawkins in which Dawkins shared a paper arguing biological organisms are microcosms of their environment. Peterson connected this directly to medieval Christian theology about the soul reflecting cosmic order, suggesting Dawkins inadvertently validated ancient religious claims through evolutionary biology.