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Jun 2024
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The War on Reason - How Bad Ideas Hijack...

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Original clip (London Real with Brian Rose): https://londonreal.tv/dr-gad-saad-the-parasitic-mind-how-infectious-ideas-are-killing-common-sense/

#freedomofspeech #freedom #ethics #reason #logic #ideas #thinking #progressivism #samharris #science #parasite #ideology

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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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