Gad Saad | The Death Of Truth And How To Revive It | Modern Wisdom Podcast 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. Expect to learn what is the grandaddy of bad ideas, why people are so easily persuaded, whether Gad is bored of spending his time arguing on Twitter, what he thinks of Nassim Taleb, who he predicts will win the 2020 election and much more... Sponsor: Get your Lawnmower 3.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (20% off & free shipping with the code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Buy The Parasitic Mind - https://amzn.to/3gN3JfD Follow Gad on Twitter - https://twitter.com/GadSaad Subscribe to Gad on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLH7qUqM0PLieCVaHA7RegA Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #gadsaad #socialjustice #evolutionarypsychology - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

Gad SaadguestChris Williamsonhost

Sep 7, 20201h 7mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: September 7, 2020
Duration: 1h 7m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

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. Expect to learn what is the grandaddy of bad ideas, why people are so easily persuaded, whether Gad is bored of spending his time arguing on Twitter, what he thinks of Nassim Taleb, who he predicts will win the 2020 election and much more... Sponsor: Get your Lawnmower 3.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (20% off & free shipping with the code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Buy The Parasitic Mind - https://amzn.to/3gN3JfD Follow Gad on Twitter - https://twitter.com/GadSaad Subscribe to Gad on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLH7qUqM0PLieCVaHA7RegA Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #gadsaad #socialjustice #evolutionarypsychology - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

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Gad Saad
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Chris Williamson
host
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Gad Saad and Chris Williamson, Gad Saad | The Death Of Truth And How To Revive It | Modern Wisdom Podcast 217 explores gad Saad Dissects Idea Parasites, Postmodernism, and Saving Truth Gad Saad discusses his book *The Parasitic Mind*, arguing that certain modern intellectual trends function like “idea pathogens” that infect and disable our ability to recognize objective truth. Drawing on evolutionary psychology and neuro-parasitology, he compares harmful ideologies—especially postmodernism and its offshoots—to brain parasites that rewire hosts against their own interests. He outlines a method he calls “nomological networks of cumulative evidence” as a vaccine against bad ideas, emphasizing the need for overwhelming, multi-source data to counter fashionable dogmas. The conversation ranges across social justice, gender differences, satire, academic culture, Trump vs. Obama, and why Western comfort and decadence have enabled irrational movements to flourish.

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