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Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Psychology Today article: https://bit.ly/2s2W3Tn
My 2009 Psychology Today article on celebrities' narcissism and grandiosity: https://bit.ly/39JHsgy
This clip was originally posted on January 7, 2020 on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_994: https://youtu.be/ThO3FBy734E
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Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. His fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
We discuss Cancel Culture, comedy, political correctness, the Lebanese civil war, multiracial societies, identity politics, idea pathogens, postmodernism, freedom of speech, human cowardice, academic elitism, anti-fragility, toxic masculinity, benevolent sexism, female favoritism, virtue signalling, and costly signalling.
Original link to Isaac's channel: https://bit.ly/2BcPhPj
This was originally posted on my YouTube channel on June 25, 2020 as THE SAAD TRUTH_1085: https://youtu.be/Zal3dlJwJyA
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Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. His fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
This clip was originally posted on May 19, 2020 on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1056: https://youtu.be/JdD0WPd68-4
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Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. His fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
The AP article in question: https://bit.ly/3fOQDyJ
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This clip was posted earlier today (July 21, 2020) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1103: https://youtu.be/ZOya3sbXTPs
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Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. His fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Be intellectually fierce, courageous, and bold. Never back down from those seeking to intimidate you. Be self-assured in the defence of your values and principles.
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This clip was posted earlier today (July 19, 2020) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1101: https://youtu.be/gRq9rEDc0zg
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Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. His fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
These include but are not limited to being polite, supporting hard work, engendering autonomy and self-reliance, and advocating for the scientific method.
Link from The National Museum of African American History & Culture: https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/whiteness
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This clip was posted earlier today (July 15, 2020) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1101: https://youtu.be/GX5ielKqLOo
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Dr. Saad's fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Topics include the mathematization of economics, behavioral economics, evolutionary psychology, forbidden knowledge, cultural relativism, the use of biology in the social sciences, diversity, inclusion, and equity, the Jewish and Asian cultures of academic excellence, George Floyd, and reparations.
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This chat was posted earlier today (July 14, 2020) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1100: https://youtu.be/gqlN-HezqIU
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Dr. Saad's fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Life lesson: Engage your children's intellectual curiosity. Nurture their malleable minds.
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This clip was posted earlier today (July 13, 2020) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1099: https://youtu.be/mC-lU7cBdzQ
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Dr. Saad's fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Topics covered include the empirical testing of sacred cow beliefs (e.g., white privilege), IQ and race, affirmative action, forbidden knowledge, diversity, and hate hoax crimes (e.g., Jussie Smollett).
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This clip was originally posted on November 21, 2019 on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_982: https://youtu.be/SB4DY8NwBoY
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Dr. Saad's fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Drew Brees' patriotism is uncool. DeSean Jackson's anti-semitism is dope!
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This clip was released earlier today (July 10, 2020) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1098: https://youtu.be/nq-z5L9G1lE
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Dr. Saad's fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
The letter in Harper's Magazine: https://bit.ly/3iDtilH
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This clip was posted yesterday (July 8, 2020) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1097: https://youtu.be/BWrVMjZcfUU
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Dr. Saad's fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
How to tweak Martin Luther King's dream to the contemporary ethos of progressive thinking.
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This clip was released earlier today (July 8, 2020) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1096: https://youtu.be/bgzFQxp_KNA
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Dr. Saad's fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Topics covered include the tension between being an academic versus a public intellectual, interdisciplinarity, campus lunacy, postmodernism, diversity offices, and the applicability of the scientific method in the humanities.
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This clip was originally posted on November 18, 2019 on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_979: https://youtu.be/XctjdmA4CLY
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Dr. Saad's fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Beware of architectural sexism! We need more feminist-inspired buildings.
The Guardian article in question: https://bit.ly/31TEp3L
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This clip was released earlier today (July 7, 2020) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1095: https://youtu.be/z4THvEoYO8k
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Dr. Saad's fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Topics covered include Title IX, the ethos of diversity, inclusion, and equity on university campuses, the mathematization of economics, axioms of rational choice, methodological rigor, and the illusion of explanatory profundity.
Mark's blog: https://www.aei.org/blog/carpe-diem/
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This was originally posted on January 28, 2020 on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1007: https://youtu.be/QaRsexsT3Qk
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Dr. Saad's fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Elon Musk has a deep disdain for Noam Chomsky. More reasons to love Elon!
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This clip was posted earlier today (July 5, 2020) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1094: https://youtu.be/uV6TlxL6lAw
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Dr. Saad's fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
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Saturday Jul 04, 2020
Saturday Jul 04, 2020
Asking about someone's ethnic origins is hardly insulting. It is a manifestation of perfectly natural human interactions.
This clip was posted earlier today (July 4, 2020) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1093: https://youtu.be/XJtRbQKDNMk
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Dr. Saad's fourth book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
Saturday Jul 04, 2020
Saturday Jul 04, 2020
The United States may not be a perfect country but its core values define individual freedoms and liberties.
This is a slightly edited version of a clip originally posted on July 3, 2015 on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_50: https://youtu.be/TqKxJLUTsn8
My 2012 Psychology Today article of relevance to today's clip titled "Be Thankful for Your Liberties and Freedoms": http://bit.ly/Sd7KvB
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The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
#DecolonizeTheUniverse
This clip was posted earlier today (July 3, 2020) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1092: https://youtu.be/IEJz83hKDlE
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The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
You cannot continue to sit in apathetic and cowardly silence whilst our freedoms and liberties are being eroded.
This was posted earlier today (July 2, 2020) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1091: https://youtu.be/alXitbpuf48
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The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense will be released on October 6, 2020. Pre-order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X