Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2015-08-11
Books mentioned on #681 - Gad Saad
Gad Saad is Professor of Marketing & Concordia University Research Chair in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences and Darwinian Consumption and author of "The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption" and "The Consuming Instinct" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Darwin's Cathedral
Darwin's Cathedral by David Sloan Wilson explores the evolutionary origins of religion, arguing that religious groups function as adaptive units that successfully out-survive non-religious groups through mechanisms of shared morality and communality.
Recommended“I think he wrote in 2002 Darwin's Cathedral where he actually demonstrated or argued that groups that are religious actually outs survive those that are not using an argument of communality.”
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Born to Rebel
Born to Rebel by Frank J.
Recommended“He wrote a book in 1996, highly recommend it, called Born to Rebel, where he looked at the 28 most radical scientific innovations in the history of human thought.”
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DMT: The Spirit Molecule
DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman documents the author's pioneering clinical research into dimethyltryptamine as the first federally approved study of psychedelics in humans at the University of New Mexico.
Discussed“And he wrote this great book called DMT, the spirit molecule. And he's a professor out of the University of New Mexico and got DEA approved clinical tests on subjects using DMT.”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“By the way, I owe you a copy of my one of my books signed. Forgive me. I didn't sign.”
“The book has pornography in its title, The Consumer Instinct, and it subtitle.”