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@kungfujoe2136

3 жыл бұрын

all this crazyness is due to being in late stage capitalism you dont fix that you cant fix the crazy (it's not the cause but it's the opportunity for it to emerge)

@mjschoensee93

3 жыл бұрын

@@kungfujoe2136 what are you talking about.

@BaronVonBlair

3 жыл бұрын

Great interview.

@aggierowe9574

3 жыл бұрын

BaronVonBlair as well as entertaining!!

@TheKlink

3 жыл бұрын

@@kungfujoe2136 was the fall of the roman empire the result of late stage slavery?

"When bad ideas run out of steam, they go into universities and become courses." - Oscar Wilde

@sendadiestra7203

3 жыл бұрын

What I like about KZread is the fact that great videos attract great comments

@Bluefairy513

3 жыл бұрын

That is AWESOME!

@tonym994

3 жыл бұрын

one of the best quotes I ever read. Mark Twain wishes he said it.

@JakeKlineMusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonym994 ha! Very nice.

@clewis2666

3 жыл бұрын

Did he really say that? Where? 'Run out of steam' does not sound like the sort of phrase he would use... Is it not a bit too modern and colloquial for him, that metaphor?

How can you not love this guy? He’s like everyone’s favourite uncle!

@simonking2869

3 жыл бұрын

Yip! He speaks the Saad Truth, baby!

@bdts35

3 жыл бұрын

100% would have a falafel with this guy

@JamesHawkeYouTube

3 жыл бұрын

He think's evolution is real. Not cool.

@simonking2869

3 жыл бұрын

@@JamesHawkeKZread You're kidding, aye?

@Jesterj13

3 жыл бұрын

That spots reserved for Joey diaz , but hey why can't we have 2 favorite uncle's.

Every time Gad mockingly says "bruh", I lose it. What a gift he is to the remaining sane people.

@diji5071

3 жыл бұрын

BRUH!

The answer is Stoicism and Critical Thinking. Not Intersectionality and Critical Theory.

@S3aCa1mRa1n

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@kensurrency2564

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@porkpistol3346

3 жыл бұрын

The answer is force.

@americanfascesparty3935

3 жыл бұрын

@@porkpistol3346 Often in the end, force is the only thing that matters.

@absolstoryoffiction6615

3 жыл бұрын

@@americanfascesparty3935 What is "force"?

My cognitive abilities of a newborn pigeon enjoyed this immensely.

@kensurrency2564

3 жыл бұрын

Come on, the fact that you’re interested in this topic suggests that you may indeed be an adult pigeon. 😉

@yuhisarhim

3 жыл бұрын

Haha same tho

@tyronevischjager958

3 жыл бұрын

Don't shit on yourself

@steffenebener7332

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, i love feeling dumb sometimes

@danielgrohl6971

3 жыл бұрын

The Truth is being censored by the Left!

I genuinely think you are one of the best interviewers on youtube. Although you have lets say "common" guests seen on yt channels, you always find way to ask original well formed questions, which means that you are always well informed on guests and their work and that shows the effort you put in this. Not interrupting guests, or giving too many of your own opinions, just enough that it doesnt seem you re flexing or some shit like many other podcasters. Hope you move in a studio someday and make shitload of money from this. Thank you for being gem of yt and greetings from Croatia🇭🇷

@ChrisWillx

3 жыл бұрын

Lo Lita, thank you so much. I really adore speaking to guests like Gad and I’m glad that comes across. Uplevelling of quality & studio will happen soon, until then I’m happy being an underground hero 🙏👊

@tattooman3603

3 жыл бұрын

Very well said Lo Lita, and I fully agree. I'm always delighted to find a new video from Chris.

@stephy31uk

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisWillx I just found you here, excellent interview, and trust me I restrict the use of the word so when I do it from heart and soul true.

@vic.1234

3 жыл бұрын

are u from Dalmatia

Thank you. Conversations like these are “my only ticket to sanity” 😊 AND, I’m a woman!!!

We have a lost generation in the millennials. Made my 25 year old SJW indoctrinated niece burst into tears while having what I thought to be a very calm and open discussion. Just being confronted with views other than the flavour of the day made her calling me names and burst into tears. My god her generation is sensitive and uninterested in new views and ideas.

@blumusik9572

3 жыл бұрын

@eric wedin I have to deal with this indoctrinated stubborn mindset from my 24 yr old daughter. I got so angry with her because she was supporting the riotous decolonization movt. We worked it out somewhat but I actually unfollowed her on instagram temporarily. Lol

@mariaguzman1552

3 жыл бұрын

My 20 year old niece told me women are oppressed. I told her she has been brainwashed by her woman’s study professor. I told her there are many countries where women are truly oppressed. The Universities are teaching crap to the students. 😡

@holymolar2

3 жыл бұрын

What is so unfortunate is this "Postmodern-university educated" generation relies on group think and any alternative reasoning is literally blocked by the indoctrinated cerebral cortex. Once blocked the sjw becomes an npc and unable to construct complete thoughts. Marxists called this group the "useful idiots", and I live with one. Oh jeezeth, where's the gravy?

@superchuck3259

3 жыл бұрын

In the past, most women had 2 or more little crying babies to deal with. Without that drama, maybe she wants to create it!

@superchuck3259

3 жыл бұрын

​@@mariaguzman1552 My one daughter came home all up in arms about the wage gap(feminist teacher). We had an argument. In the end, I got her to reason and she started to get it. In short, I said if any company could hire workers 20% cheaper, that would be all they would hire. So companies should just hire women. So I said, so men and women are equal right, she said YES. I said government laws say they are paid the same and pretty much they are based on skills and experience. It led into a segway days later into how much people earn for a choosen career. It was an eye opener, I really think the kids thought everyone earned equal wages. It looks like everyone is working right!

Critical Theory and critical thinking are like matter and antimatter. They can't exist in the same place at the same time.

Every time Gad said "bruh" I cracked up laughing! He does have a great sense of humor, more than one would expect from a scholar/scientist. I hope we can see more of him in the future. Very good episode, thank you both!

Dude this was fantastic. Super happy to be introduced to him and to hear his thoughts on Taleb. Your answers show deep understanding which keeps the flow of these discourses. Great questions too and you’re not overbearing.

@actionflower6706

3 жыл бұрын

Check out the Gad Father talking about being a Jewish child growing up in the Lebanese civil war.

Satire is the ultimate subversive weapon. Love it.

I'm so glad the world has an army of saviors dedicated to saving civilization. I thought I was going to have to save us all. But now I can back to doing the things I love, like playing video games. But seriously, I recently read "Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - and Why This Harms Everybody" by Helen Pluckrose and James A. Lindsay. They did all the research on where these bad ideas came from in academia so you don't have to waste your time reading a lot of crap to figure out for yourself why it is nonsense.

@kensurrency2564

3 жыл бұрын

I thought I was alone in the Saving The World industry ... Helen has been doing wonderful things. There are many interviews of her on YT. She’s a warrior for Truth!

@andreasbyczkowski3435

3 жыл бұрын

Loved your comment. Honesty much.

@vaughncassidy5242

3 жыл бұрын

A good friend of mine gave me a tremendous bit of advice when researching such things as communism or woke social justice cultism (probably the same thing) or other bad ideas you should be vaccinated against- "There is no need to eat the entire apple to learn that it is rotten."

@heimdallsgate6141

3 жыл бұрын

In that case great my timing could not have been better to drop my new book. "So you thought you were alone in saving the world.... and WtF now?" Be sure to grab a copy haha

@musicalfringe

3 жыл бұрын

So great to see a shout-out to Cynical Theories here. I'm well-versed in the whole phenomenon from observation and absorbing arguments from Peterson and all the others, but I shamefully haven't got around to reading CT yet.

Professor Saad...is an [inter]national hero. Amazing. Brilliant, classy, witty as hell.

Thanks, gents. This was one of the best interviews that I've seen in a while. We all have to start speaking up as they've gone too far.

Brilliant interviewer. I just stumbled on Modern Wisdom, with this interview and the Douglas Murray interview. How have I missed this channel until now!

@kathymayes4290

3 жыл бұрын

Edward Teach Try Thomas Sowell too.

Can’t wait for Dr Saad’s book to come out; already pre-ordered.

I really find your interview style appealing, interesting questions with just the right amount of humour, excellent work m8.

@ChrisWillx

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam 🙏

Chris Williamson’s laugh is the BEST!!! I love his idea of what is funny and how he is not afraid to laugh.....a belly-gut laugh! So enjoyable! And, of course, Gad Saad is a very “affable” guy......as he describes himself.

Excellent talk. Ayn Rand wrote about this specifically 30 years ago in her book Philosophy: Who needs it?. And essentially predicted many of the things that are happening now 50 years ago in her book Atlas Shrugged. Maybe there are enough responsible people who will start learning how this happened. So maybe we can get out of the woods. But that is unlikely.

Love this guy. Gad is a treasure.

@robrick9361

3 жыл бұрын

Treasure? What like a possession? DON'T OBJECTIFY YOU INTOLERANT BIGOT!

TLDR: "Q: How do we revive truth? A: Satire."

@daleford8621

3 жыл бұрын

That's why the left can't meme. They have no sense of irony.

@targeted4truthjahsun

3 жыл бұрын

TDLR? The comment about left is also an. Idea parasite

A parasite is the Perfect Analogy for these ideologies

@lunchhoney4294

3 жыл бұрын

Where does any idea originate *

@maxford7451

3 жыл бұрын

@jwcobar from greed and ignorance

The argument about 'what do you mean by the sun' reminds me of a CS Lewis Narnia story where the Evil Witch was trying to convince the children the only world was her dark underground world, and when the children said No, we remember the 'Sun' she argues that they are using a word to describe just a fantasy version of a lantern.

Great interview. Listening to Gad really brings home just how serious the current situation is.

This is a great conversation - I'm now subscribed to Modern Wisdom. You are a great interviewer

"Like Wikipedia" Can we please call it Wokepedia? 😂😂😂

@karlnord1429

3 жыл бұрын

Please Wokepedia. That is so fucking funny.

Sheer brilliance from the wonderful Gad. A great interview. Such a breath of fresh air. Indignant indeed. Really enjoyed this so much.

"Man will only come to his senses when his condition becomes intolerable." This quote from Sir Francis Bacon gives me hope that mankind may be at a positive turning point. We can't fight an enemy until we know what it is, and where it is. However it would seem that the sworn enemy of mankind has gone into some kind of panic mode, and thus exposed itself like a high street flasher, after downing a box of viagra. Evil has its armour on and sword in its hand before good has even found its socks. They have now started to wake up, and many have found their socks. We have given these bastards so much rope, they seem determined to hang themselves from their own front patios. They have already thrown the sink, kitchen, bath water and baby at the will of the masses, but nothing seems to be working as planned. Even their silly virus has turned out to be a dud. They better have several more plans up their sorcerer's sleeve or these criminals are done, and not a century too soon.

@dstew8540

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN!

Thank you Gad Saad for all thst you do for our great country!

Gad Saad is my favorite person right now. Thank you so much for platforming him.

I would have liked him to be my professor. Brilliant nice anf funny

@adamgriss2025

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Unfortunately, when I was at Concordia in the 90s I was still under the influence of the professors in the social science department where I studied sociology who got me (metaphorically) drunk from smelling the cork, to use one of the Gadfather's expressions.

I've figured that the problem is not what is, and what is not truth. The problem is that we live in a society where we are inundated by information (i.e news), and has been the case since the dawn of mankind, negative news is what is seen and heard. So, for example, over and over we see a video of a black person killed by the actions of a cop. One tragic act in a country of 330 million citizens. Not exactly something that occurs on every street corner. And the death was not intentional and the cop was charged for the act. And perhaps most importantly, race may have been a compete non factor. But none of those facts are seen in the video.

@kensurrency2564

3 жыл бұрын

Good news or even ordinary events don’t make money. When’s the last time you heard this news story: *Line operator removes widget x from the machine and shipped it on time to the customer* ?!

@threeofive9401

3 жыл бұрын

A country that bases its social beliefs not on what is true, but rather on the videos that go viral.

@CP-pt1ot

3 жыл бұрын

As best as I can explain - within these post-modernist derived movements and worldviews, they get taught that truth is subjective, and that all facts and 'ways of knowing' that we rely on are merely the 'narratives'' of the dominant (racial) power group forced upon other minorities who might have different truth. There is no coming to a universal truth, one group simply has different beliefs, and the other has its own, and they can't come together because that would be one group dominating the other (racism, sexism, etc). It is fundamentally racist, divisive, and offers no future where people can work together as one. So when one adopts this worldview, they view news, science, history, any inter-personal dialog, as a power-struggle. To some extent, truth does not matter because there is only their groups truth and they are engaged in a power struggle to dominate. Showing only the black men killed in police encounters, while ignoring all the other people and circumstances, and the stats...serves a narrative. Narratives trump facts now.

@kensurrency2564

3 жыл бұрын

C P You’re exactly right. That’s why this interview was titled Death of Truth. Capital T Truth. Post modernists don’t care about Truth. Their movement will implode because of it.

@timjansen7694

3 жыл бұрын

@@CP-pt1ot I have been saying for years that ethnic multiculturalism simply does not work. The U.S. has been trying to make it work since the Civil Rights Revolution and for several generations the effort has failed. It comes down to cultures with different priorities, interests and values but with the expectation that somehow the end result will be a society that has various forms of equality, including the most important one, economic equality. But the desired equality cannot happen. My advice, as if anyone would listen, would be a huge program to make a single, all-inclusive American culture. An alternative suggestion would be a geographic separation of cultures/ethnic groups with assigned states.

His "Parasite" is basically Dawkins "Meme". Memes can be good, bad, or indifferent.

@pamcurtis2717

3 жыл бұрын

Michael Hull I disagree... he’s specifically talking about parasitic memes. That is, memes that compel people into self-destructive behaviors.

@concilium1

3 жыл бұрын

He explains the difference in the book.

Very good interview Chris. Your golden glasses era is your outstanding CoVid franchise. Some good ones with the horseshoe 'tache too. You've set yourself a very high level, I hope to see you rise further. I know you will.

@ChrisWillx

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Simon!!

Postmodernists believe in subjective truth. So one day I can get my "truth" from a Ouija board and the next day I can get my "truth" by gazing at the clouds. Wow these people have finally figured things out!

I wish that The Gadfather had asked the Postmodernist lady whether the statement 'There are no objective truths' was an objective truth itself, just to see what happened. Maybe she would get the human version of the blue screen of death or just rock gently backwards and forwards into eternity.

One of Gad's very best appearances on-line - thanks Chris for drawing him out so well.

WOW!!! Melanie Eccles here from beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Your guest Gad Saad is right on point! Finally, someone who has a grip on the concept of common sense and deep knowledge of biology - a man after my own heart! Thanks for having such great guests and thanks for being a great podcast host - I'm so glad, that as a free thinking women who doesn't need to affiliated with any sides or organizations, that I have to privilege to listen to such interesting and thought-provoking content - Hooray for the Modern Wisdom Podcast !!!

"Post Modernism is the negation of the Scientific Method." (paraphrased)

I love the shot he took at Sam Harris lol Acts intellectual against religions but has a pigeon brain when it comes to Politics.

@bobcondoulis4171

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@EB-bl6cc

3 жыл бұрын

There's a number of fairly respected intellectuals that are this way, Harris certainly not being the only one. Completely rational when it comes to many topics but when you hit politics they turn logic off in their brain and go with insane indoctrinated biases

It's more than revealing that academics such as Saad and writers like Douglas Murray are the latest manifestation of comedy wrapped in truths. It feeds my desire to be intellectually engaged at the same time I need a good laugh.

Just discovered this channel . Really enjoy the relaxed pleasant but substantive conversations . One of my new favorites .

This was a fantastic and hilarious podcast. Bring him again! He's awesome.

I loved your novel interpretation of postmodernist "thinking" as source code, with the apps of transgenderism, etc. on top of it. Very clever, sir! :) You are doing wonderful work. Cheers from America :)

@ChrisWillx

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Oh, how sweet is the sound of reason!!! I will look up and listen to everything you have said on KZread, Gad Saad. This is just so wonderful!!

My KZread automatically put me onto this, I don't watch much Modern Wisdom but I am subscribed, will watch more now. I stayed to see Jeff Goldblum's Dad from Independence day! I've subscribed to Gad now and I'm looking forward to watching his KZread channel, can't even call him 'based', he just seems 'right'. Using our given rationality, and having it fed with nicely explained points that even my 3 day old pigeon brain can understand! Thanks.

I bless the ground The Lebanese walk on for inventing the Donner Kebab and Shwarma, two of my favourite food groups.

@JackSmith-kp2vs

3 жыл бұрын

The 49’ers?

@jazura2

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilsa_xo Which is why you probably. wont see Doner Kebab in a real Lebanese Restaurant. It is definately Turkish/Kurdish.

"She was a Dame with a figure that could tell time, if you know what I mean. She wanted me to go to bed with her. I said: 'Sorry, Doll, I can't sleep with a gal who doesn't make me laugh.'" Gaad Marlowe , Private Eye.

You are an INCREDIBLE interviewer - love it. Subbed

This is the type of person that is needed for teaching in Western universities, not the crap that we have been lumbered with over the last 40 years, who are greatly to blame for many of the problems currently manifesting themselves.

So many people 'believe' themselves 'religious', but they've literally forgotten how to 'pray'.

If you saw Doc Gad in person would you not be tempted to give him a big manly bear hug?

Great job. Loving your engagement with the Prof on this.

@ChrisWillx

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Absolutely one of the best discussions I’ve heard on the state of our current society. Love this gentleman. Congrats Chris on a brilliant interview! Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

To all those professors who thank Gad for speaking out when they're too afraid to speak out you can take your thank yous and shove it.

@dstew8540

3 жыл бұрын

You got that right!! Ball-less humans.

@cinemar

3 жыл бұрын

@@dstew8540 These cowardly silent thank yous are a huge part of the problem. If you're afraid to praise someone's bravery then you're a coward of the highest order.

The evil flee when none pursue

This Channel is remarkable. I had to subscribe. The Author is not trying to insert his Opinion to shine, but just asking the right Questions to let the greatest Minds of our Time speek freely and express them selfs.

I came across Gad a while ago and then lost track. I'm glad to have found him once again. Truly a wise man.

I'm contentedly hosting the idea pathogen spawned by this excellent conversation. Ta.

I don’t need a reward to support someone who’s helping save the civilization from the cynical theorists. I just look at how important their work and they are fighting this battle full time.

@absolstoryoffiction6615

3 жыл бұрын

Then how about this?... When the End comes. Will Mankind be ready to fight in my eternal war?... Maybe not... I'll ask once more when this world is overwritten again.

bruh.....just hearing Dr. Saad say "Bruh".... filled my heart is glee!

Love this channel. Young, growing & great guests

This dude is hilarious. I'm gonna look him up

Gad is my spirit animal. גד! בוא לקפה!

Can't believe this is my first time watching Gad Saad, he is incredible. Time to find more of his work...

Great discussion!

Some people, are “shallow thinkers”. They may appear smart, but they’re actually idiots, because they can’t think past one thing.

"Why in the West?" Dr. Dennis Culley's "The Indiana Connection" may not give the "Why" but breaks down the "How" it happened.

Truth and Freedom. So refreshing! Gad is my spirit brother.

Thank you for this. Loved it!!

The single biggest problem with society is fatherlessness and single motherhood, countless studies have proven this, between rates of incarceration, drug addiction etc. And the constant depreciation of men doesn't help with the suicide rate of men being the highest it has been in years.

@leonpope861

3 жыл бұрын

The problem with the world is we do not seek for the ONE who created and granted us life, truth, wisdom and love. 👤🗣🌬🙏🛐 .

@johnsoyka2913

3 жыл бұрын

it's the pendulum effect in action .....

You do indeed have a dog in this fight brother. Everybody has a dog in this fight.

The best learning is when it’s also entertaining...great interview

Awesome sense of humour. I love laughing my way through Gad's conversations. Excellent.

As a gay man, for the next 24 hours, I hereby give all straight people permission to use the rainbow theme

Seems when you murder truth, we eliminate life anchors.

So great. Thank you for introducing me to his content.

Thank you for the breath of fresh air!

I appreciate all his efforts to prove when someome is wrong but its too late and they dont want the vaccine

@edytatehrani3934

3 жыл бұрын

Yes the infected are antivaxxers,but perhaps we can prevent those who are still healthy from getting infected.

@kensurrency2564

3 жыл бұрын

Edyta Tehrani We really need to eliminate fake news. Their strategy is: if you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth. (Propaganda, every era throughout history)

Why did Chris wear those funky shades? -to turn me on

@ChrisWillx

3 жыл бұрын

Correct.

@anilin6353

3 жыл бұрын

It is bat country

Gad, you are an inspiration. Thank God I was lucky enough to have an education that equipped me to reason. Yes, we all have a responsibility to pursue the objective rather than subjective truth.

This is fantastic, great interview and guest! I was wondering if you would do a video with a suggested reading list? Say from you and your guests?

@ChrisWillx

3 жыл бұрын

Coming up soon in a free Ebook!

Excellent vid! Just found the channel, thanks!!!

Perfect antidote to the mental quagmire that I been subjected to. Thank you wonderful.

So enjoy listening to Dr. Saad, he just says it like it is, based on his knowledge, experiences, science, history, and an extremely SHARP mind. He is also very funny. He cracks me up. Often I wonder if he is even breathing when he speaks. No one in their right mind can successfully challenge him. He's got the GIFT.

Thank you. This guy is so right on. Exactly how I think and feel, but put together so well.

Wow, what an excellent interview. I've got nothing brilliant to say, just thanks. Gad Saad really displayed his intellectual excellence and creativity in this video. And great questions from the interviewer.

Great show been subbed to Gad for some years now. Cheers.

Love watching you handsome lads cutting through all of the BS!

Great interview 👍

A great conversation

As a Lebanese listening for the first time for Doctor Saad, first I regained my pride of my nationality, second I waited all my life to hear such golden words from someone like him, now I will thank the Lord for fulfilling my DREAM.

Very nice treat.

Great fun and enlightening as usual. You're my ticket to sanity as well!

I just found this channel last week, but holy cow he has so many interesting people on it.

Truly appreciate your thoughts!

Love the Gadfather....very enjoyable podcast.Thanks.

I’m really glad to hear Gad the same thoughts I have had with regards to Sam Harris’ TDS. It’s made it really difficult for me to take him seriously when he has spent so much time promoting and practicing emotional awareness and control through mindfulness but the is constantly sidetracked into TDS screeds on his podcast.