Ask Me Anything #8 (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_501)

The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad

thesaadtruthwithdrsaad

Science, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 21 January 2023

⏱️ 149 minutes

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Thank you to all of the Super Chat donors and to all those who joined the livestream (on YouTube). _______________________________________ If you appreciate my work and would like to support it: https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth https://patreon.com/GadSaad https://paypal.me/GadSaad _______________________________________ This clip was posted earlier today (January 20, 2023) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1503: https://youtu.be/XJx2lbrRIII _______________________________________ The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense (paperback edition) was released on October 5, 2021. Order your copy now. https://www.amazon.com/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X _______________________________________ Please visit my website gadsaad.com, and sign up for alerts. If you appreciate my content, click on the "Support My Work" button. I count on my fans to support my efforts. You can donate via Patreon, PayPal, and/or SubscribeStar. _______________________________________ 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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0:00.0	Hey guys, hope you're all doing well.
0:05.0	Very excited to be doing a live stream. It's been, I don't know, maybe a month and a half since I've done the last one this is number eight I believe
0:14.6	don't forget if you wish to have your questions answered by yours truly please consider
0:21.2	donating via super chat.
0:23.5	We already have, fantastic, it's not even officially started.
0:26.1	It's now 2.30, we already have a question from Call Me Studio.
0:31.2	Thank you so much for your donation.
0:32.4	Gad, can you perform a psychological case study on Blockbusters such as superhero films,
0:38.3	Avatar, etc?
0:39.3	What did these stories say about us individually, collectively loved your talk with Shelenberger, by the way.
0:45.4	Thank you so much.
0:47.7	My talk with Michael Shelenberger took place yesterday and I posted it yesterday. He's such a lovely guy. He has such a beautiful
0:56.4	Zen way about him. He's someone for those of you who don't know who he's been trying
1:01.8	to argue that yes of course climate change might be happening
1:04.6	but it's not the end of the world it's not a catastrophe it's not a
1:08.6	apocalypse and so he's bringing in some you know temperance to the general story.
1:15.8	Please go check it out and if you enjoy it you know share it and subscribe to the
1:20.9	channel subscribe to this to the podcast.
1:23.3	Please do so, it's free, and it certainly helps in all kinds of ways.
1:28.6	Regarding your question, call me, Studio.
1:31.4	I have done such an analysis in two of my books in the
1:35.8	evolutionary basis of consumption and in the consuming instinct I talk about
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