The Parasitic Mind
by Gad Saad · first published 2020
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https://freedompact.co.uk/podcast/128-dr-gad-saad-the-war-on... "Professor Saad’s latest book The Parasitic Mind: how infectious ideas are killing common sense takes a wonderful look at some of the ideas which are so prominent in society today. We discuss the granddaddy of ‘idea pathogens’ as Gad calls it Postmodernism,…
on “Scientific American's departing editor and the politicization of science” ↗Gad Saad, professor of evolutionary psychology, recently wrote a book called “The Parasitic Mind”, that develops a similar set of ideas: https://bookshop.org/books/the-parasitic-mind-how-infectious... Saad also appeared on the Jordan Peterson podcast recently, explaining his framing and terminology…
on “Are you hosting a memetic parasite?” ↗I'm reading Gad Saad's The Parasitic Mind at the moment. His metaphor of how parasitic ideas can take hold within a group and then take control of the host seems to be on display here.
on “How Politics Tested Ravelry and the Crafting Community” ↗…that might be part of the problem.” One provocateur, in particular, has caught his attention of late: Gad Saad, a marketing professor at Concordia University in Montreal, and author of the book “The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense.” To read the book, which was first published in 2020, is to see reflections of Musk’s most contentious comments during the past few years, as the billionaire…
on “Gad Saad's Musings Fuel Elon Musk's Nightmares” ↗…was once seen as a positive feature of social media. Gad Saad, Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, explores the concept of “idea pathogens” (that infect minds and spread like viruses) in his book The Parasitic Mind (https://bookshop.org/books/the-parasitic-mind-how-infectious...). You can hear him speak about this concept in his interview on the Jordan Peterson podcast (https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/podcast/gadsaad/).…
on “Bitcoin is not a Battery – it is a Sink” ↗