Gad Saad Quotes

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Gad Saad

Profession : Scientist

Birth : October 13, 1964

In the public realm, secularism should not concede a single inch to religious intrusions.

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For humans, gift giving is a universal ritual laden with evolutionary implications.

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Secular societies establish tolerance by being equally non-accommodating toward all religious demands within the public sphere.

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In criticizing an ideology, one cannot be racist, hateful, or bigoted. These descriptors apply to positions held against people and not ideologies.

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Our African ancestors were the first to engage in breathing. By that logic, I think by breathing today, we are engaging in cultural appropriation of the first Homo sapiens. And so the only way I will ask you to stop being racist is to suffocate - to stop breathing.

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People's most prized possessions carry deeply symbolic and emotional significance.

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Of all forms of diversity that should be celebrated on university campuses, none is more important than supporting, nurturing, and promoting intellectual diversity.

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As members of a social species endowed with large brains, we are natural-born marketers. Capitalism, the economic system that has elevated innumerable people out of abject poverty and misery, is founded on marketing. Everything that defines your daily existence has the indelible marks of marketing on it.

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Amongst Western intelligentsia, to criticize if not loathe American values is viewed as progressive and liberal, whilst to support brutal and intolerant religious and political ideologies is a hallmark of being enlightened.

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The great majority of men are attracted to feminine women who do not possess the body type of Michael Phelps. Beyonce is desired not because of her 'diabolical femininity,' but simply because of her femininity.

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Great leaders are not proverbial fence sitters. They judge. They opine. They challenge. They fight for their vision.

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There is no gospel of atheism. Atheists don't pray at the altar of a Richard Dawkins poster.

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Consumer behaviour is a powerful realm from which to explore our biological heritage.

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There is a natural rhythm to parent-child interactions, including the fact that some parental insights prove poignant and veridical decades after they were first shared with us.

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Academia is ruled by a pathological herd mentality. Stick out, and be prepared to get ostracized.

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Nearly everything that defines much of our daily experiences is consummatory in nature. Yes, we consume products and services. But we also consume life experiences, religious narratives, art, literature, and ideas.

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People have the right to live as equal citizens under the law. They do not have the right to demand that their identities be coddled and celebrated lest they might otherwise get offended.

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My family and I were welcomed to Canada more than 40 years ago. We sought and obtained refuge in a liberal, modern, and secular society, and put the ugliness of genocidal religious hate and associated tribalism behind us - or so we thought.

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A proud and healthy society does not equivocate when it comes to stating clearly and unequivocally what it expects of its prospective immigrants. It is for immigrants to adapt to the host nation's values and never the other way around.

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Few people are as well-situated to speak about the laudable benefits of a humane immigration policy than me.

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