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The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense by Gad Saad

jasarahines's review against another edition

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challenging funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

benrogerswpg's review against another edition

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5.0

Incredible read.
Highly recommended.

This is one of the best books I've read in the longest time.

Definitely a top book of 2020.

The Gadfather delivers.

4.9/5

readerrich's review against another edition

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1.0

DNF

frocketg's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

3.75

mculanic's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Thought provoking, hilarious at times while also providing good advice on how to tackle the lunatic ideas that surrounds us and our institutions.

kulraj_sandhu's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

wrxtacy's review against another edition

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challenging funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

FRTC

anam11's review against another edition

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I agree with basically everything Saad writes in this book, but it's the way he writes it that didn't appeal to me. I can't put my finger on what exactly I disliked - it's a mix of the writing style, the endless quoting of Tweets and the general tone of the book I guess. Him calling SJWs the 'naturally lobotomized' had me chuckling though.

frostbitsky's review against another edition

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funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I've seen Gad Saad as a guest on Gutfeld!. I also get a newsletter from Regency Publishing and that's how I found out about this book. I'm sure he promoted it on Gutfeld! too, and I've had it on my TBR for a while, and I finally read it.

I found Saad made a lot of good arguments while also being funny. I laughed out loud a lot (LMAO at the the hoax paper about penises being the driving force behind climate change!) I like satire (as if watching Gutfeld! wasn't a giveaway).

I do disagree with Saad on page 122 about the the MMR vaccine and the rise in autism. There is something there to question and be skeptical of because how is it that there's a rise in autism around the same time the vaccine schedule for children increases astronomically? Hmm?

Back on topic, this book really showcases how universities are cesspools of insanity that then infiltrate the real world (culture, politic, etc.) I liked the part about activating your inner honey badger (Hufflepuff!) and don't appease people like Chamberlain did.

4 out of 5 Honey Badgers.

existential_dreadnought's review against another edition

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challenging informative medium-paced

3.75