Gad Saad, Ph.D.
Professor, Evolutionary Behavioral Scientist, Author of ‘The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense’, and host of The Saad Truth
THE WAR ON TRUTH…and its threat to intellectual freedom
June 8, 2021 | 7:00 pm PST
Free online event
Gad Saad, Ph.D.
Do you feel like you're in a constant battle? Maybe not one with bullets literally whizzing by your head, but perhaps one in which you feel regularly under attack, vilified, condemned, afraid to speak out? Do you listen to political leaders' words and see their actions that leave you wondering what country you're in—and what has become of your America?
According to the June speaker, Gad Saad, Ph.D., you're not alone. There is a war against truth happening in the West, and if we don't win it, intellectual freedom will be a casualty!
Dr. Saad will discuss key features of his recent international bestselling book, The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense, including how "idea pathogens" began spawning on university campuses. You've heard of them: postmodernism, radical feminism, social constructivism, biophobia, cultural relativism, identity politics, Critical Race Theory and its offspring—a culture of perpetual victimhood and the evil twin, guilt ridden self-flagellation.
The list of such destructive ideas seems endless, and the answer as to how to win this intellectual war may seem out of sight; however, Dr. Saad also champions fundamental and non-negotiable elements of a free and enlightened society—like freedom of speech and adherence to the scientific method—and shows us ways we can vaccinate ourselves against the parasitic mind pathogens that have gripped the West.
As Jordan Peterson put it best in encouraging us to read Dr. Saad's work: " . . . strengthen your resolve, and help us all return to reason." Dr. Saad will show us as a culture how to do exactly that.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Gad Saad, Ph.D., is one of the best-known public intellectuals fighting the tyranny of political correctness. He is a professor of marketing at the John Molson School of Business (Montreal, CAN), and co-recipient of the 2015 President’s Media Outreach Award-Research Communicator of the Year (International), which goes to the professor at Concordia University whose research receives the greatest amount of global media coverage. His works include The Consuming Instinct: What Juicy Burgers, Ferraris, Pornography, and Gift Giving Reveal About Human Nature; The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption; Evolutionary Psychology in the Business Sciences, and over 75 scientific papers, many at the intersection of evolutionary psychology and a broad range of disciplines including consumer behavior, marketing, advertising, psychology, medicine and economics. His Psychology Today blog and YouTube channel ("The Saad Truth") have garnered 6.4+ million and 19.7+ million total views respectively. Dr. Saad has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal and interviewed by thought leaders including Dave Rubin, Glenn Beck and Joe Rogan. Dr. Saad recently started a podcast titled "The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad" available on all leading podcast platforms.