Topics tackled include the pros and cons of dogs versus cats, various issues dealing with evolution including evolutionary psychology and evolutionary genetics, the sociobiology war at Harvard University in the late 1970s (E. O. Wilson versus Richard Lewontin and Stephen Jay Gould), atheism, the schism between science and religion, freedom of speech, academic freedom, forbidden knowledge, political correctness on campuses, virtue signalling, and criticism of Islam.
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This chat was posted originally on Ora.tv back in 2016 and on my YouTube channel on April 9, 2016 as THE SAAD TRUTH_156: https://youtu.be/LGzvinJki_k
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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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