Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2020-09-07
Books mentioned on The Death Of Truth And How To Revive It - Gad Saad - #217
Gad Saad is an Evolutionary Psychologist, Professor of Marketing at Concordia University and an author. Bad ideas are infecting every area of society, it's time to discover how to inoculate ourselves.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Blueprint
Blueprint by Robert Plomin is an insightful exploration into behavioral genetics, arguing that DNA plays a monumental role in shaping who people become and how they navigate the world.
Discussed“i'm currently reading robert ploman's book about about blueprint about genetics”
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The Parasitic Mind
The Parasitic Mind: How Ideas Are Killing Common Sense by Gad Saad is a critique of modern cultural trends, postmodernism, and what the author terms the woke mind virus, arguing that intellectual pathogens are destroying rationality.
Recommended“look link to the parasitic mind will be linked in the show notes below”
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The Parasitic Mind
“so we're going to talk about your new book parasitic mind”
Own book The Parasitic Mind
“now this originally comes from my work in evolutionary psychology actually which i now apply to this context”
Own book The Parasitic Mind
“so the example that i give in the book the sort of the final example in chapter seven is is islam a peaceful religion or not”
Own book The Parasitic Mind
“why and this by the way goes to chapter one of my of the parasitic mind because i want to explain exactly why i'm indignant”
Own book The Parasitic Mind
“this is why in chapter 2 of the parasitic mind i have a section the chapter is about feeling versus thinking”