Does this book contain quality or formatting issues? I found reading this book cathartic to the soul. Prof. Saad attacks the left with Popper's unfalsiability, only to proceed with telling the story how he refused to discuss "close minded old guard professor" who argued against unfalsiability of evolutionary arguments in his own research.Book is written to discard tons of widely accepted research and top research institutions while making fun of people who don't accept established science. Please try your request again later. Please try again. Availability: And we must respond. Gad Saad. In an age where we live in a storm of irrational and emotional turmoil - this book lays out a clear, concise logical path back to sanity. What is the original English title of this book please? One of he most important book of our time! For me, this is just another average dystopian novel. When reading it I can almost hear Prof Saad in my head. Let's all think for ourselves, expunge t. In the times we live in where courage and reason are in so low supply and lacking in so many of our institutions, mostly academia where at least the latter should be abundant, we find Gad Saad. In the times we live in where courage and reason are in so low supply and lacking in so many of our institutions, mostly academia where at least the latter should be abundant, we find Gad Saad. The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense. Wilson, famous since publication of his series of brief biographies of exceptional persons entitled The Outsider, had savaged Lovecraft in a widely read review. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Pushed so that man can at last join battle with the loathsome parasites on equal terms. Our path is not yet set. Before I read this book, I thought Colin Wilson was a dick. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He was an Associate Editor of Evolutionary Psychology (2012-2015) and of Customer Needs and Solutions (2014- ). by Monkfish Book Publishing. Our path is not yet set. by. I will now identify as 65 years old, even though I am mid career, so that I can retire immediately and escape the mandatory DIE trainings imposed by my employer and my regulator! Looked smart, turned only butt-hurt, but a comical read overall for sure. Most of the arguments I was already familiar with but I liked Gad's outline of strategies for interacting with SJW idiots. He doesn't make much effort to present the ideology and it's arguments. Most of the book is about ideologists, not ideology. Wilson, famous since publication of his series of brief biographies of exceptional persons entitled The Outsider, had savaged Lovecraft in a widely read review. Lovecraft's stories about ancient gods and antedeluvian chambers and beings of indescribable terror were also true. October 6th 2020 There's a problem loading this menu at the moment. حيث أن عدم ثقتهم بالحياة يسمم أرواحهم”. We need … Conditions apply. Dr. Gad Saad is Professor of Marketing, holder of the Concordia University Research Chair in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences and Darwinian Consumption, and advisory fellow at the Center for Inquiry. Does this book contain inappropriate content? The western countries are now afflicted with the so-called “progressive" thinking. In the book which calls for science and numbers, prof. Saad has given us the actual numbers on 2 occasions: Republican-Democrat ratio in humanity departments and on Muslim countries and terrorism. The death of objective truth will inevitably lead to insanity and the death of reason. I had long been supportive of efforts to push back on ideas, the likes of postmodernism, social justice, political correctness, identity politics, etc. It isn’t often that I reread books, but I look forward to going through this … SJW are simply people who can't get what they want, throw a temper tantrum, and then hide behind their word "justice," which is a front word for revenge. If you're like me and you've found yourself increasingly mystified lately about how the tiniest things are labeled "offensive," how groupthink feels like it's at an all-time high, how basic scientific principles are being deemed "problematic," how dictionary definitions change literally overnight, how a culture of needing to feel "safe" and unchallenged at all times has crept into the world, and how people seem to be defined more by what they look ilke than their actions or intentions, (among ot. A quick leisurely pulp paperback read, I thought. The West’s commitment to freedom, reason, and true liberalism has never been more seriously threatened than it is today by the stifling forces of political correctness. Unable to add item to Wish List. He finds them opposing to his core values: truth and freedom and truth; and core of modern West: freedom of thought and speech, and the scientific method. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2020. The author often writes of a world - our world - full of people willing to just let things happen, filled with members of a disappointing species that need to wake up if they ever want to evolve: The Mind Parasites was written in response to a challenge proffered Colin Wilson by August Derlith, founder of Arkham House, friend and devotee of H.P. He was listed as one of the “hot” professors of Concordia University in both the 2001 and 2002 Maclean’s reports on Canadian universities. The savior of the west...please read it. It’s not quite up there with Cynical Theories (by Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay), The Madness of Crowds (by Douglas Murray), The Coddling of the American Mind (Jonathan Haidt & Greg Lukianoff), or The Rise of Victimhood Culture (Bradley Campbell & Jason Manning), but what it perhaps lacks in originality, it contributes in pizzazz and its promotion of intellectual courage (or “testicular fortitude” as Saad calls it). The points and views raised are explained with the humour only Gad can bring, but most importantly they are thought through, they are backed up with scientific or data driven fact and they are points that need to be heard. by Regnery Publishing. You should be allowed to say dumb things and suffer the consequences. It is superbly written, contains actual ideas, and inspires thought. So, upon opening the book I was primed to sympathize with the discussion of the issues and solutions. Right wing beliefs are so deeply ingrained in evo psychology that you would have to eliminate these before you could even deal with that question. It was an interesting read but grew irritating. Hey “journalists”: Political correctness kills the truth! Please try your request again later. Previously, I never heard of Gad Saad, so I followed him on Twitter and checked out his YouTube channel. Gad Saad, the saviour of the west! The goal is not to teach the reader something new, the goal is to make reader think of the other side as a disease and pest, to hate it without thinking. Winners have been selected. It misses depth of the arguments, contains enumerable fallacies and implications for the reader to jump to the wrong conclusions. I'm 100% for debating and the sharing of ideas, but like many of the current SJW-bashing "intellectuals", they seem more interested in arguing than having a debate. $28.99. The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense. 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