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Bezig met laden... The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense (editie 2020)door Gad Saad (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Gad is originally Lebanese. He speaks Arabic. He's travelled different cultures. He sees the world. But also: Gad has a wickedly delicious sense of humour. Thank you Gad for explaining to me the toxic sludge that is emanating from our universities. I'm starting to understand terms like SJW, Victimology Poker, Munchhausen by proxy and so much more. Gad Saad's twitter persona is better than his book. What makes the book somewhat interesting? His personal history, which provides a good motivation for his choosing to take such a public stance. I tend not to be won over by shallow takes on evolutionary psychology; they simply don't convince me. Shouldn't the title be "The Parasitized Mind", though? Good quotation from Isaac Newton's Principia: We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearance. To this purpose the philosophers say that Nature does nothing in vain, and more is in vain when less will serve; for Nature is pleased with simplicity and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes. Saad's own words: The problem with those who succumb to the Six Degrees of Faux-Causaility trap is that they generate long sequences of illusory causal pathways. This can be necessary if you spout progressive platitudes that are manifestly untrue. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"There's a war against truth... and if we don't win it, intellectual freedom will be a casualty. 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. Dr. Gad Saad, the host of the enormously popular YouTube show THE SAAD TRUTH, exposes the bad ideas--what he calls "idea pathogens"--that are killing common sense and rational debate. Incubated in our universities and spread through the tyranny of political correctness, these ideas are endangering our most basic freedoms--including freedom of thought and speech. The danger is grave, but as Dr. Saad shows, politically correct dogma is riddled with logical fallacies. We have powerful weapons to fight back with--if we have the courage to use them."--Jacket flap. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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While I do not agree with everything Saad says, the basic premise is very much true. If you are concerned by the epidemic lack of critical thinking, the freedom of thought and the future of institutionalized learning this book is worth reading. ( )