Gad Saad Quotes

But the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.” — John Stuart Mill1

roughly 90 percent of songs have mating as their central theme, and this holds true regardless of cultural setting or historical period.

The greater the number of people present, the less likely an individual is to help someone in need because it is easier to rationalize that someone else will do it.

Any system that is built on a false understanding of human nature is doomed to fail. Building a society where the primary objective is to protect one’s fragile self-esteem from the dangers of competition will only lead to a society of weakness, entitlement, and apathy. Life is necessarily competitive; society is necessarily hierarchical. It does no one any favors to pursue a utopian vision of society where no one’s feelings are hurt.

Science is based on evidence, not politics. In science knowing is always preferable to not knowing.”37 But today in academia, progressive ideology trumps scientific facts.

Progressives seem to believe that if they say the words “diversity, inclusion, and equity” often enough, all problems will be solved.

Beware of those trying to impress you with confusing word salads.

Free societies do no recoil and the power of satire. They recognize that all beliefs and ideologies are fair game. Once we delimit what can be satirized, we are no longer living in a free society.

If you want to know what’s wrong with higher education, this reversal of traditional university priorities — with social justice now at the top and scholarship lower on the totem pole — is a good place to start.

Hope is an elixir of life. It is the engine that propels us forward in our pursuit of countless goals, all of which might otherwise be impossible to undertake if we were bereft of hope.

We envy people whose traits compete with our desirability as a mate.

An infinite advertising budget cannot counteract products that are disconnected from our biological heritage.

Those who believe in equality of outcomes receive top-paying administrative jobs. Those who believe in meritocracy are frowned upon.

The problem arises when domains that should be reserved for the intellect are hijacked by feelings.

One problem we face today is that consequentialists make a virtue of having emotions cloud our judgments, not only to avoid hurt feelings but because emotion is seen as a sign of authenticity.