Topics covered include habit formation and habit change, one's identity and personality traits when seeking to develop good habits, behaviourism (e.g., Skinnerian conditioning), the writing process, how to package and market ideas, what constitutes useful ideas and interesting research questions, creative pursuits, life as a playground, humour, weight loss journeys, evolutionary psychology and the distinction between proximate and ultimate explanations (using pregnancy sickness as an example), the mismatch hypothesis, temporal incongruity, and intertemporal choice.
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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.
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